The president appears to have adopted a proposal first made last year that offers “strategic partners” such as the U.S. special access to Ukraine's glut of natural resources.

The blueprint is expected to be presented at the Munich Security Conference next week, days before the conflict hits the three-year mark US President Donald Trump's administration is expected to present a long-awaited plan to end Russia's war on Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference in Germany next week,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted Ukraine to supply the country with rare earths in return for financially supporting Kyiv's war effort against Russia.