Ukraine open to exchanging minerals for US military aid, says Zelenskyy

Germany's Olaf Scholz criticises Trump's transactional foreign policy as very selfish, very self-centred'

Ukraine is open to investment" from allies as long as they help it fight Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, after Donald Trump demanded Kyiv supply the US with rare earth resources - critical elements used in electronics - in exchange for military aid.

The US president's proposal has been criticised as exploiting Russia's invasion for material gain, with the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, calling the plan selfish". However, Ukrainian media reported that the idea may have originated in Kyiv as an incentive to keep weapon shipments flowing into the country.