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We must have an agreement with Ukraine on critical minerals and rare earths and various other things as security. And I think that that's happening. I think we've made a lot of progress,
Mr. Trump said during a joint news conference at the White House on Monday with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron I won't sign a document that 10 generations of Ukrainians will pay for,
Zelenskyy said over the weekend I think this discussion (a potential mineral deal) is a very important one,
I want them to give us something for all of the money that we put up. We're asking for rare earth and oil - anything we can get."
Twenty-one of the 30 critical materials Europe needs can be provided by Ukraine in a win-win partnership,
Sejourne said after the meeting, ... according to the report The question of mineral wealth is tied up in conflicts over US military and financial aid to Ukraine, and over how to end the war. Zelenskyy has said Ukraine must have Western arms and backing in any peace deal, to prevent a future Russian assault, while Mr Trump has insisted the war must end quickly, without offering such security guarantees,
a report in The New York Times said In December, China imposed a ban on exporting certain rare earth minerals to the US, after already placing restrictions on mineral exports the year before,
the BBC reported in an article about the proposed Ukraine-US deal This includes some 19 million tonnes of proven reserves of graphite, which the Ukrainian Geological Survey state agency says makes the nation ‘one of the top five leading countries’ for the supply of the mineral,
The most powerful leverage Trump has on Ukraine is to threaten non-delivery of weapons. We have, in my view, six months before we would really start to feel the lack of weapons on the front line.”
Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told POLITICO The added value Europe offers is that we will never demand a deal that’s not mutually beneficial.”
Our focus is on achieving a ceasefire as soon as possible, and ultimately a permanent peace,
Trump said during a joint press conference with Macron We have to see this as a move by Donald Trump to undermine the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — and in the worst case, as Trump advocating for Russia's position, which has been in the past that elections have to be part of a negotiation process in Ukraine, although it's an entirely Ukrainian domestic issue,
said Liana Fix, a fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations It looks like they agreed to have European peacekeepers enforce the peace between Russia and Ukraine,
said William Pomeranz, a senior scholar at the Wilson Center Kennan Institute So, it's not only a back and forth between Trump and Zelenskyy. We do see a broader realignment here of U.S. policy towards a normalization of relations with Russia, where Ukraine is perceived as a problem to this normalization,
Let’s try to get something first which ... can be assessed, checked and verified,
There's tremendous distrust on both sides,
If you believe that, it's OK with me. They get their money back, and we don't. But now we do."
Shrugging off Macron's interjection, Trump said No, in fact, to be frank, we paid. We paid 60 percent of the total effort."
Grabbing Trump's arm to interject, Macron said We want peace swiftly, but we don't want an agreement that is weak,
he said, ... adding European Three years of absolute heroism by our people. Eternal memory to all who stood up in defence of our state and our people, giving their lives so that Ukraine may live,
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