“The minerals agreement is only part of the picture. We have heard multiple times from the US administration that it’s part of a bigger picture,” Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and justice minister who has led the negotiations, told the Financial Times on Tuesday.

"The president of the United States did not say it has ended. He said it is paused," said U.S. envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg.

NBC News reports that Donald Trump expects more than a mineral agreement to resume aid for Ukraine. Kyiv will likely have to agree to concessions that it has deemed unacceptable so far. President Donald Trump has expressed his expectations for Ukraine beyond signing a mineral agreement with the USA.