RE: Shorts5 Mar 2025 20:04
The mood also lifted after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his meeting with Trump last week was "regrettable" and that he was ready to negotiate peace.
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Expectations have risen that US relations with Ukraine are warming up from the ice-cold intensity of Friday's Oval Office meeting between Trump, Vance and Zelensky.
"Trump brandished a letter from the Ukrainian President, in his address to Congress, which he said indicated Kyiv was ready to come to the negotiating table. The renewed willingness from Zelensky to sign a minerals deal has led to hopes that a way can be found out of a diplomatic quagmire, which has eased some geopolitics fears."