Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected a proposal for the US to take ownership of 50% of the rights to Ukraine's rare earth minerals and other natural resources, Financial Times reported on Saturday. The report said the offer was made when US Treasury...
Update on February 17, 2025, at 3:33 pm EST: Russia confirmed on Monday that the talks will be held in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, February 18 Top Trump administration officials are set to travel to Saudi Arabia this week to hold talks with Russian officials to discuss...
Ukrainian President Voldomyr Zelensky said Thursday that it was "not very pleasant" that President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin a day earlier before calling him. "We've already had three conversations with President Trump, so I don't take this...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Wednesday to discuss President Trump's idea for a deal to give the US access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals and other natural resources in exchange for continued US...
President Trump said on Wednesday that he had a "lengthy and highly productive phone call" with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine would begin "immediately." The president wrote on Truth Social that he and Putin agreed "to...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday dismissed the idea of NATO membership for Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia and said the goal to restore Ukraine to its pre-2014 borders was "unrealistic." Hegseth made the comments while addressing a meeting of...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said European countries could not guarantee Ukraine's security without the US in an apparent response to Trump administration officials saying Europe should take the lead on the conflict. "There are voices which say that...
President Trump said in an interview that aired on Monday night that Ukraine "may be Russian some day" when pushing his idea for a rare earth mineral deal in exchange for US support. "[Ukraine] has tremendously valuable land in terms of rare earth, in terms of oil and...
President Trump told The New York Post on Friday that he's spoken by phone to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine, a claim the Kremlin said it couldn't confirm or deny. When asked how many times he's talked with the Russian leader, Trump said,...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview on Friday that he was interested in President Trump's proposal for a deal that would involve the US getting access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals in exchange for continued military aid. "If we are talking...
