10 h. ago Humiliated Zelensky may have to quit after White House row with Trump, says top Republican official

Zelenskyy insisted yesterday as he left the U.K. that he was 'ready to sign' the minerals deal with Trump and 'just wanted the Ukrainian position to be heard'

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11 h. ago Will Zelensky be forced into grovelling Trump apology? Ukrainian leader may have to quit after White House row fiasco, says top Republican official

Zelenskyy insisted yesterday as he left the U.K. that he was 'ready to sign' the minerals deal with Trump and 'just wanted the Ukrainian position to be heard'

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12 h. ago Zelensky should give in to Trump and commit to ceasefire before Putin, says Mandelson in clash with No 10

The UK’s envoy in Washington said Ukraine must sign Donald Trump’s minerals deal and declare a ceasefire in its war against Russia

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21 h. ago Volodymyr Zelensky says he's 'ready to sign' minerals deal with the US and insists he 'just wanted Ukrainian position to be heard' during disastrous Oval Office meeting with Trump

Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he is 'ready to sign' the minerals deal with America that was put on hold after his stormy meeting with Donald Trump.

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37 h. ago UK and Ukraine sign £2.26bn defence loan ahead of London summit

UK and Ukraine sign £2.26bn defence loan ahead of London summit   Belga News Agency

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48 h. ago Trump officials fume at Zelenskyy for disregarding advice before meeting

Officials say minerals deal would serve as commitment to US security guarantee and Ukraine leader shouldn’t have pressed issueInside the Trump White House, officials blamed the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for the meltdown in the Oval Office on Friday, and expressed frustration that he pushed for security guarantees even though the US had made clear they wanted to negotiate that later, according to people familiar with the matter.The officials had told their Ukrainian counterparts in advance of the meeting that Trump wanted to sign an economic partnership this week at a ministerial level, as aides worked on the details about security guarantees. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Donald Trump issued with key ultimatum by Zelensky before he will sign US minerals deal

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is 'ready' to sign the minerals agreement with Donald Trump but stressed that his country needs security guarantees going forward

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2 d. ago Trump and Zelenskyy transcript in full as six bonkers moments emerge from fiery exchange

The Orange Manbaby's latest tantrum saw the Preisdent and his deputy Vance team up to 'bully' Volodymyr Zelenskyy in what appeared to be an 'ambush' on the Ukrainian who came to sign a deal

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2 d. ago Starmer expresses support for Ukraine after calls to Trump and Zelenskyy

Dramatic conclusion of White House meeting comes as US and Ukraine had planned to sign mineral deal

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3 d. ago Zelenskyy speaks to Macron and Nato head Rutte after Oval Office debacle

Dramatic conclusion of White House meeting comes as US and Ukraine had planned to sign mineral deal

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3 d. ago Watch: Zelensky and Trump’s chaotic White House meeting in full

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskys Oval Office meeting descended into chaos on Friday, 28 February, as Ukraine’s president was due to sign a critical minerals deal in an effort to regain US backing against Russia’s invasion.

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3 d. ago White House talks break down as Trump accuses Zelenskyy of ‘disrespecting’ US

Dramatic conclusion of White House meeting comes as US and Ukraine had planned to sign mineral deal

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3 d. ago Watch: Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump to sign critical Ukraine minerals deal

Donald Trump greeted Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, 28 February, before Ukraine’s president signs a critical minerals deal in an effort to regain US backing against Russia’s invasion.

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3 d. ago Watch live: Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump to sign critical Ukraine minerals deal

Watch live as Donald Trump is expected to greet Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, 28 February, before Ukraine’s president signs a critical minerals deal in an effort to regain US backing against Russia’s invasion.

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3 d. ago Zelensky braces for Trump showdown: Ukrainian leader jets into Washington to sign key rare earths deal

Volodymyr Zelensky 's delegation is expected to sign a landmark economic agreement with the U.S. aimed at financing the reconstruction of war-damaged Ukraine

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3 d. ago Trump tried to extort Zelenskyy and was impeached – now he may succeed

The Ukrainian president is expected at the White House on Friday to sign a multimillion-dollar minerals deal with echoes of a notorious 2019 phone callAlexander Vindman remembers the phone call – and what he did next. Serving on the national security council (NSC), he went to see his twin brother, who was the council’s senior ethics official, closed the door and told him: “Eugene, if what I’m about to tell you ever becomes public, Donald Trump will be impeached.”Vindman had set up a call between Trump and Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in July 2019. He heard the US president attempt to leverage US military aid to the country in return for Zelenskyy launching an investigation into Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, over his position at a Ukrainian gas company. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump says no significant security guarantees in Ukraine minerals deal

President says Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit White House to sign ‘very big agreement’, but details remain unclearRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesDonald Trump has announced that Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a rare earth minerals deal, but the US will not provide significant security guarantees to Ukraine as part of the agreement.The conclusion of a deal, which Trump has claimed would allow the US to recoup hundreds of billions of dollars it spent on military aid to Kyiv, followed days of intense negotiations in which Zelenskyy said he wanted the US to guarantee Ukraine’s security against the ongoing Russian invasion. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump tells Europe it's up to you to protect Ukraine because 'they are your next

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday it was up to Europe to offer security guarantees to Ukraine, declining to make US promises as part of a deal for Ukraine's natural resources.

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5 d. ago Trump says Zelenskyy will sign minerals deal on Friday with US getting ‘our money back’ – Ukraine war live

Trump made the comment during a cabinet meeting at the White House on WednesdayThe Kremlin said on Wednesday that expert level talks between the US and Russia were being prepared. In his daily media briefing Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said there were no current plans for Vladimir Putin and US president Donald Trump to speak directly on the phone.The Kremlin said it declined to comment on any aspect of a proposed US-Ukraine deal allowing the US to extract rare minerals from Ukraine in lieu of payment for military support until there were official statements. Russia’s president on Monday evening offered to sell Russian rare earth minerals to US companies, including minerals from the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump says Zelenskyy set to visit White House on Friday to sign minerals deal

President says ‘I hear he’s coming on Friday’ amid reports that terms of US-Ukraine aid exchange have been reachedDonald Trump has said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to visit the White House on Friday to sign a rare earth minerals deal to pay for US military aid to defend against Russia’s full-scale invasion.The announcement followed days of tense negotiations between the US and Ukraine in which Zelenskyy alleged the US was pressuring him to sign a deal worth more than $500bn that would force “ten generations” of Ukrainians to pay it back. Continue reading...

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