A senior White House official said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is being "short-sighted" for not agreeing to give the U.S. access to the country's rare earths.
The U.S. proposed Ukraine allow the U.S. use of its rare earth minerals as "compensation" for previous military aid as well as future aid, current and former Ukrainian officials told the Associated Press. However, Zelensky reportedly declined the proposal because he asserted that it prioritized U.S. interests over Ukrainian ones.
