Disagreements over the agreement have triggered the most significant crisis in the relationship between Washington and Kyiv this week. Now, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and some Ukrainian officials are applying increased pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sign the agreement, according to the report.
According to sources, the decision lies with Zelensky, while interlocutors are concerned that the crisis between the U.S. and Ukraine will escalate if the president rejects the proposal.
An American official described this as a "critical scenario for the Ukrainians," as the resources in question could be worth trillions of dollars.
Axios does not disclose the details of the meeting, particularly who participated, but notes that Trump's special representative for Ukraine and the aggressor country, Russia, Kurt Kellogg, who arrived in Kyiv on the morning of February 19, is still in the Ukrainian capital and meeting with Zelensky's advisors.