Ukraine is proposing a special agreement with key partners to protect the country's critical resources, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated.

Ukraine is offering key partners – the EU, the United States, and our global allies – a special agreement to protect Ukraine's critical resources, to make joint investments, and to direct the necessary economic potential toward our shared growth, Zelenskyy said on Thursday, speaking at the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

According to him, this agreement should include strong sanctions.