India, Feb. 28 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.

Zelenskyy is in the United States to sign a deal to share Ukraine's mineral riches, reported AFP. The deal would offer the US easy access to Kyiv's deep reserves of oil, gas and critical rare-earth minerals used in tech products.

Trump told Zelenskyy that he would like to "solve" the Ukrainian conflict, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to "make a deal", reported Reuters.

"I am not aligned with Putin. I'm aligned with the US and the good of the world," Trump said, according to Reuters.

During his visit to the Washington, the Ukrainian delegation is expected to sign the landmark economic agreement wi...