Ukraine controls more than 100 major deposits of critical minerals, according to a study by the Kyiv School of Economics, along with modest oil and natural gas reserves.

On snow-covered fields in central Ukraine, where some of the country's biggest proven lithium deposits are located, a small team of ecological consultants drop sensors into holes in the earth to measure water levels.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump are set to meet in Washington for their first face-to-face talks after a heated public dispute. The rift was sparked by U.S.-Russia negotiations that excluded Kyiv and fueled by Zelensky’s refusal to sign the initial version of a U.