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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 ...
In 2021, the Ukrainian mineral industry accounted for 6.1% of the country’s gross domestic product and 30% of exports. An estimated 40% of Ukraine's metallic mineral resources are inaccessible because of Russian occupation, according to data from We Build Ukraine, a Kyiv-based think tank. Ukraine has ...
... told reporters last week that the U.S. resolution was “a good move.” The Ukraine's resolution, meanwhile, refers to “the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation” and recalls the need to implement all previous assembly resolutions “adopted in response to the aggression against Ukraine.” It singles ...
... s in the joint interest of Americans and Europeans not to show weakness to Putin during U.S.-led negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. He also suggested he'll make the case that how Trump handles Putin could have enormous ramifications for U.S. dealings with China, the ...
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