Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a press conference in Kyiv Ukraine has been working on a "preliminary framework" for a minerals sharing deal with the U.S.

President Trump met with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss issues including the war in Ukraine, where the two have expressed starkly different views. Macron has argued that any negotiated end to the war must come with “strong and credible security guarantees for the Ukrainians,

He wants to do it fast, but it’s not a dialogue with just anyone,” Zelenskyy said. “He’ll have a lot of problems with Putin because he doesn’t want to end the war.” Read also: Trump floats peacekeeping force need in Ukraine deal He also addressed timelines for ending the conflict,