Trump's harsh statements on Ukraine linked to stalled mineral deal – Security Adviser Waltz

I hate to say it, but he’s down at 4% approval rating".

The US president falsely claimed

Given the current battlefield tempo, it's likely that the Russians will reach this area in the coming weeks,

said Konrad Muzyka, director of the Rochan military consultancy in Poland, who has just returned from a research trip to Ukraine

There is only one thing that can be said about this,

blogger Starshe Eddy told his roughly 600,000 followers on Telegram

The biggest lithium deposit in Ukraine has come under the control of Russian forces,

said the government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, for example

It's hard to predict when this will happen, as for now the deposit is in the 'grey zone' and there's no possibility of developing it due to military action,

he told the local state news agency in January

During the Second World War, the territory of the former Soviet Ukraine was seized, and the Nazis set about plundering the republic's national economy,

she told a news briefing this month

It's not him and his appetite for rare earth metals that will decide who gets what,

he told Russian state TV this month

Ukrainian commanders I spoke to said that when they were looking in which direction and on which axis the Russians were attacking it was clear that their objective was also the capture of natural resources,

he added

Let's do a deal."

Trump said

You can't call this 500 billion and ask us to return 500 billion in minerals or something else. This is not a serious conversation,

Zelenskiy said

I defend Ukraine, I can't sell our country. I said OK, give us some sort of positive. You write some sort of guarantees, and we will write a memorandum... some sort of percentages,

he said

Donald Trumpu.S. President

We're telling Ukraine they have very valuable rare earths,

Mr Trump said