Ukraine and the United States are in detailed talks on a deal involving U.S. investment in Kyiv's domestic drone production, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Friday. The deal would also lead to the U.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named Yulia Svyrydenko, the former economy minister, as the country’s new head of government earlier this week. The 39-year-old was the key negotiator of Ukraine's deal with the US to partner on the development of minerals, seen as an important way of tying Washington's interests to Kyiv’s security.

Ukraine’s parliament has appointed Yulia Svyrydenko as prime minister, the first leadership change in five years. Tasked with boosting defense production and fixing the economy, she takes charge amid intensifying Russian attacks and a looming $19 billion budget shortfall.

Ukraine and the U.S. are negotiating an investment deal to expand Ukrainian drone production. This agreement, backed by President Zelenskiy and President Trump, would see Washington purchase Ukrainian drones while Kyiv procures American weapons.

Ukrainian lawmakers approved Yulia Svyrydenko, the economy minister and first deputy prime minister who led talks with the United States on a critical minerals deal, as prime minister in a cabinet shuffle aimed at boosting relations with Washington and breathing new life into the war-torn country.

Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine's new prime minister, represents a generation of young Ukrainian politicians who have steered their country through the turmoil of war.

President Zelenskyy taps economy minister to lead gov’t in most significant reshuffle since Russian full-scale invasion.

Ukraine and the United States are in detailed talks on a deal involving U.S. investment in Kyiv's domestic drone production, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Friday.

The reshuffle of Ukraine’s government has been widely seen as a bid to boost relations with Trump. Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who was key in striking a mineral deal with the U.S. in May, was appointed as the new Prime Minister on Thursday.