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... Geoff Bennett: A final question about President Zelenskyy's role and responsibility in all of this, because Lindsey Graham, who has spoken in support of Ukraine in the past, said that he spoke to Zelenskyy this morning, told him, don't take the bait. Donald Trump is in a mood ...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer continued a week of Oval Office diplomacy, arriving at the White House for meetings with President Trump and his team. Starmer is the second of three critical European allies to meet with the president this week. On the agenda is the brutal war in Ukraine and Trump's efforts to make...
... the BBC. Starmer's trip comes after Washington and Kyiv struck an economic deal that would give the U.S. access to a share of Ukraine’s lucrative rare earth mineral deposits. Kyiv hopes that signing the agreement will ensure the continued flow of U.S. military support that Ukraine ...
Since returning to office last month, Trump let Ukraine know that he wanted something in return for tens of billions of dollars in U.S. help for Ukraine. The White House has applied heavy pressure on Ukraine to grant American access to its vast reserves of the minerals. Zelenskyy balked ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and the U.S. have reached an agreement on a framework for a broad economic deal that would include access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals, three senior Ukrainian officials said Tuesday. The officials, who were familiar with the matter, spoke on condition of anonymity because ...
... shift in U.S. policy since President Trump took office again. Mr. Trump has promised to end the war, but has so far largely left Ukraine out of the negotiations. That's after last week calling Ukraine's president a dictator while leaving the fate of continued U.S. funding ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he has not discussed resolving the conflict in Ukraine in detail with President Donald Trump, and neither did Russian and American negotiating teams when they met last week in Saudi Arabia. WATCH: Trump says he believes Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine ...
... it was through, like the U.S., loans, guarantees, grants. We provided real money, to be clear.” Find more of our coverage WATCH: Trump holds joint news conference with France’s Macron as Europe urges support for Ukraine WATCH: Trump says he believes Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine
On the minerals deal, Zelenskyy initially bristled, saying it was short on security guarantees for Ukraine. He said Sunday on X that “we are making great progress“ but noted that "we want a good economic deal that will be part of a true security guarantee system for Ukraine.” The friction ...
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