Internet reports that according to people familiar with the matter, on Wednesday, the United States and Ukraine reached an agreement on acquiring Ukraine's natural resources. Kiev's move was to win U.S. President Trump's support in ceasefire negotiations with Russia. The agreement would allow the United States to enjoy privileges in new investment projects to develop Ukraine's natural resources, including aluminum, graphite, oil and natural gas. This is seen as the key to cultivating Trump's goodwill towards Kiev, as the United States is pushing to end the three-year Russia-Ukraine conflict. "We have an agreement that our funds are safe and we can start digging and doing what we have to do," Trump said at a cabinet meeting at the White House earlier Wednesday. "It's good for them, too, because you'll have Americans, and the American presence will keep a lot of 'bad guys' away from this country or from the areas where we're digging."