2 h. 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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2 h. ago Does Ukraine REALLY have trillions in minerals? Country 'isn't known to hold ANY reserves of main rare earths', according to US Geological Survey

The Ukrainian Geological Survey last year claimed that the war-torn country had reserves of rare minerals - but US scientists made no mention of sought-after earths in their own survey.

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4 h. ago Ukraine minerals deal: What are the details and why does Trump want them?

More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin and partially occupied by his forces

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4 h. ago Zelensky says he's ready to sign mineral deal with Trump and hails it as 'a big success'

'I would like to have this visit very much,' Zelensky told reporters on Wednesday.

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5 h. ago Zelensky says no US security guarantees agreed in minerals deal as Starmer heads to Washington for Trump talks

PM travelling to Washington following his weekly Commons grilling after announcing dramatic increase in UK’s war chest

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5 h. ago Donald Trump mineral deal has one major flaw, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky reveals

This is a breaking news story. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed a framework for a major minerals deal with the US has been thrashed out by officials from both countries as Washington aims to secure peace with Russia

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7 h. ago Billionaires in the making from Trump's mineral deal: Who will get what as Ukraine and the US agree to carve up rare Earth resources

US firms could potentially make billions off the back of Donald Trump's mineral agreement with Ukraine, which the US president claimed might be worth as much as a trillion dollars.

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8 h. ago Ukraine minerals deal agreed as Donald Trump drops key demand ahead of talks with Keir Starmer in Washington

The PM will travel to Washington following his weekly Commons grilling after announcing dramatic increase in UK’s war chest

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9 h. ago Ukraine’s rare earth minerals deal: What are the details and why does Trump want them?

More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin and partially occupied by his forces

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9 h. ago Donald Trump claims incredible potential of Ukraine mineral agreement

The draft of the deal does not include Trump's contentious proposal to give the US £395billion worth of profits from Ukraine's rare earth minerals as compensation for its wartime assistance.

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11 h. ago Can Starmer charm Trump? PM heads for the US TODAY armed with defence spending boost as Western alliance hangs in the balance

Keir Starmer will fly to Washington later as he braces for a crucial meeting tomorrow where he will urge Donald Trump to stand by Nato and Ukraine.

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12 h. ago Trump and Zelensky 'agree minerals deal' as Starmer set to fly to Washington for talks with US President

The PM will travel to Washington following his weekly Commons grilling after announcing dramatic increase in UK’s war chest

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19 h. ago Starmer to meet Trump in Washington as Kyiv and US agree minerals deal

European nations must ‘step up and do more on defence’ Rachel Reeves said after the UK pledged to raise defence spending.

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19 h. 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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21 h. ago Ukraine and US agree to minerals deal ahead of Zelensky Washington visit

Ukraine said the US dropped a demand for a right of up to $500bn in revenue from the mineral resources

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21 h. ago Ukraine’s rare earth minerals: Where are they and why does Trump want them?

More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin and partially occupied by his forces

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22 h. ago Volodymyr Zelensky 'says yes to rare minerals deal with Donald Trump'

Under the terms of the agreement Kyiv would reportedly contribute 50 per cent of proceeds from the 'future monetisation' of state-owned mineral resources into a newly created fund.

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38 h. ago Ukraine’s rare earth minerals: Where are they and why does Trump want them as agreement looms?

More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin and partially occupied by his forces

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48 h. ago Ukraine offers mineral deal to US as olive branch to Donald Trump

Hopes raised of commercial deal as Macron meets president for talks on peace and European security

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53 h. ago ‘Toddler management’ of Trump may be behind Ukraine’s hints at rare earth minerals deal

There is a rapidly evolving pan-European effort to gently massage Donald Trump’s ego as talks between Europe, US, Ukraine and Russia reach a crucial stage

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