Ukraine minerals deal

May 1, 2025 3:50 PM

Russia’s Medvedev says Ukraine minerals deal means Trump has forced Kyiv to pay for US aid

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that the signing of a minerals deal between Ukraine and the United States meant U.S. President Donald Trump had forced Kyiv to pay for future U.S. military aid. The deal, signed in Washington on Wednesday, will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine's reconstruction. The Kyiv Post, citing diplomatic sources, said the Trump administration had also told Congress on...

Trump says Ukraine willing to negotiate, Russia ‘ready for peace’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he received a letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which the Ukrainian leader expressed willingness to come to the negotiating table over the Russia-Ukraine war. "Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians," Trump said in an address to Congress on Tuesday while quoting from the letter. Trump also said he had been in "serious discuss...