Last weekend, Congress passed a spending bill to keep the government open, but, because of resistance from House Republicans, the bill did not include new financial assistance for Ukraine.

Ukraine said on Wednesday Washington would commit to supporting Kyiv's efforts to obtain security guarantees under a finalised minerals deal the two nations have wrangled over for two weeks, but ...

Ukraine’s minerals are estimated to be worth about $12 trillion (£9.5 trillion). The country’s parliament will have to ratify any deal and officials said that the broad outline had been ...