David, 81, has been invited to spend the day at the centre in a bid to tackle his long list of medical problems.
This could be potentially significant if there is no financial benefit for the US for 10 years.However, this provision does not appear to be in the agreement signed in Washington, although it might later be part of an additional "technical" deal. Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on social media that "these terms will be subject to further discussion".
After that initial 10-year period, Kyiv says profits may be distributed between the partners.US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News late on Wednesday that the deal was a signal to the American people that "we have a chance to participate, get some of the funding and the weapons, compensation for those and be partners with the success of the Ukraine people".Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller described the deal as "repayment" to the US for the "hundreds of billions of dollars that our taxpayers suspect subsidised the war".
An Australian man who was captured by Russian forces while fighting alongside Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security prison, Russian-installed prosecutors have said.Oscar Jenkins, 33, was convicted in a Russian-controlled court in occupied eastern Ukraine on Friday of fighting in an armed conflict as a mercenary.
Mr Jenkins, a teacher from Melbourne, was captured last December in the Luhansk region.
Prosecutors said he arrived in Ukraine in February 2024, alleging he was paid between 600,000 and 800,000 rubles (£5,504 and £7,339) a month to take part in military operations against Russian troops."The secretary of defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal rules and regulations," Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement on Wednesday.
The plane will need to be modified before it can be used as part of Air Force One - the president's official mode of air transport.The White House insists that the gift is legal, but the announcement of the transfer a week ago caused huge controversy.
The plane is a gift from the Qatari royal family and is estimated to be worth $400m (£300m). The White House says that the new plane will be transferred to Trump's presidential library at the end of his term.It could require years to fit with additional security systems and upgrades required to carry the president - including the ability to withstand the electromagnetic pulse from a nuclear blast, and to refuel mid-flight.