Tone Down And Sign The Deal; US

The White House has issued a message to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, telling him to tone down and sign the deal. This is after President Zelensky accused Donald Trump of falling for Russian fake news as he voiced outrage over excluding Ukraine from peace talks.
In a statement by White House national security adviser Mike Waltz, Zelensky has been told to take a hard look and sign the deal, referring to a critical minerals deal with Washington for providing aid to Ukraine during the war with Russia. His comments come as the US is refusing to co-sponsor a draft UN resolution marking three years since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, that backs Kyiv's territorial integrity and condemns Russian aggression. The step appears to mirror a widening rift between Ukrainian President Zelenskiy and US President Trump, who is trying to rapidly end the war in Ukraine and whose team has held talks with Russia without the involvement of Kyiv.
The row is a major political crisis for Ukraine, which has used tens of billions of dollars of US military aid agreed under the previous US administration to weather Russia's invasion and also benefited from diplomatic support. A peacekeeping plan set to be introduced by Sir Keir Starmer during a Washington visit next week would see Britain and France deploy up to 30,000 troops as part of a peacekeeping force to bolster Ukraine's security, provided the US and other NATO countries provide air cover.