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ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Ukraine has substantial supplies of key minerals, but some are now in Russian-occupied territory. Ukraine has agreed to the outline of a major deal that would give the US access to Ukraine’s mineral deposits, a senior official in Kyiv has told the BBC. Kyiv has faced growing …

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  | Xinhua |  A high-stakes meeting between U.S. and Ukrainian delegations started in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The talks in the Saudi port city of Jeddah came about two weeks after a U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal was called off. U.S. military assistance to Ukraine was also suspended after …

WASHINGTON, the United States | TASS | European countries don’t know how to resolve the Ukraine crisis, US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House. When asked why European countries weren’t proposing specific options for settling the conflict, the US leader said that “sometimes questions aren’t answerable.” “They’re …

Zelensky, Trump sign them off in a deal ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Feb.28 to sign an agreement on sharing his country’s mineral resources, Trump has said. Zelensky has described the bilateral deal as preliminary, and said he wants …

WASHINGTON, the United States | TASS | US Vice President JD Vance said supplies of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine could resume if Kiev agreed to peace talks. Asked by a reporter in Congress whether the aid would ever be brought back on, he replied, “The president has been very …

LONDON | Xinhua |  Britain, France and Ukraine will work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday. Europe was in a “moment of real fragility,” Starmer told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. His remarks came after Ukrainian President …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA  | TASS | The United States is openly talking about wanting to end the conflict in Ukraine, but Europe is demanding to continue the war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda. “Now, after Joe Biden’s term, people came who want to be …

LONDON | Xinhua |  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday. During their meeting at Downing Street, Starmer said Ukraine has “full backing across the United Kingdom.” He stressed Britain’s “unwavering determination” to achieve lasting peace. Britain and Ukraine have agreed a loan …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | A press conference at the White House scheduled for Friday where U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky planned to sign the U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal was canceled, following a tense shouting match between the two inside the Oval Office earlier in the day. What …

Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over a peace deal with Russia got heated. After niceties, here is where it got off the rail as captured by @Last_DayWithYou on twitter ZELENSKY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What …