US Vice President JD Vance said the war in Ukraine is “not going to end any time soon,” just hours after Washington and Kyiv signed a key minerals agreement that has peace in Ukraine among its goals.

The agreement doesn’t provide any security guarantees for Kyiv. Over the last few months, the president and his Cabinet said they considered this agreement a pivotal step toward a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine after more than three years of war.

The vice president said the rare earth minerals deal the U.S. signed with Ukraine this week was "good progress," but the war won't end "anytime soon."