Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy disputes US President Donald Trump’s suggestions that the US has given Ukraine $500bn and opposes the idea of “giving back in minerals” through a mineral exploration agreement, saying “that is not a serious conversation.”

But he says he is prepared to work “on a serious document,” if it contains “security guarantees.”

“OK, let’s do a deal. Let’s share [it], depending on the investment … but we need security guarantees,” he says.

He says that he is prepared to make the US proposal public, although notes that “I do not think this will help our relations.”

“This document is not ready. It is outside my powers, outside the constitution and the laws of Ukraine, something [about the jurisdiction being] under the New York law,” he says.

But, crucially, “there is not a word about security guarantees.”

Look, we all want a victory, and we want Trump to win, and we want Ukraine to win, all of us to succeed.

But there is nothing clear here. Let’s put down percentages. So that was my suggestion.

But I am protecting Ukraine. I can’t sell it away. I can’t sell our state.

/The Guardian