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Zelenskyy Describes the Mining Agreement with the United States as “Truly Fair”

This is Beirut, 01/05 22:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday a landmark minerals deal with the United States offered "equal" benefits for both sides even though the accord offered no concrete security guarantees for Kyiv. Russia later launched a large-scale drone attack on the central industrial city of Zaporizhzhia, ripping open a Soviet-era ...

Ukraine, US Sign Minerals Deal, Tying Trump to Kyiv

This is Beirut, 01/05 05:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The United States and Ukraine on Wednesday signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump's administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid. Ukraine said it secured key interests after protracted negotiations, including full sovereignty over its own rare earths, which are ...

Ukraine Expects to Sign Minerals Deal with US in 'Next 24 Hours': PM

This is Beirut, 30/04 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukraine expects to sign a much-anticipated minerals deal with the United States in "the next 24 hours", Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said Wednesday, as both sides finalized details. The agreement would see Washington and Kyiv jointly develop Ukraine's mineral resources, an arrangement US President Donald Trump has called "money back" for the ...

US Threatens To Quit Russia-Ukraine Effort Unless ‘Concrete Proposals’

This is Beirut, 30/04 05:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that the United States would give up on mediation unless Russia and Ukraine put forward "concrete proposals," as US patience wanes on an early priority for Donald Trump. The US president had vowed to end the war in his first 24 hours back in the White House but, as Trump celebrates 100 days ...

Zelensky Calls Putin Truce Proposal 'Attempt at Manipulation'

This is Beirut, 28/04 22:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday branded a three-day truce announced by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as an "attempt at manipulation". "Now there's a new attempt at manipulation: for some reason, everyone has to wait until May 8," Zelensky said in his daily address. Putin on Monday ordered the ceasefire on May 8-10, ...

Rubio Tells Russian Counterpart Time to End 'Senseless War'

This is Beirut, 28/04 22:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that the United States is committed to working to end the war in Ukraine, the State Department said Monday. "The United States is serious about facilitating an end to this senseless war," State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a readout of Sunday's call, which ...

'Catastrophic': Experts Sound Alarm Over Possible Crimea Deal

This is Beirut, 28/04 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Recognizing Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea would undermine the international order and raise serious legal challenges, experts said, as the Kremlin on Monday called the concession "imperative" to resolving the conflict. The comments came as US President Donald Trump pushed Russia to accept a ceasefire, telling ...

Russia Says Claims Over Annexed Ukraine Regions Key to Peace

This is Beirut, 28/04 15:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russia said on Monday it was ready to negotiate directly with Ukraine, but that recognition of its claims over five Ukrainian regions including Crimea were "imperative" to resolving the conflict. Since launching its Ukraine offensive in February 2022, Russia has seized large parts of four Ukrainian regions and claimed them as its own, in addition ...

Ukraine: Putin Orders Surprise Three-Day Ceasefire in May

This is Beirut, 28/04 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a surprise three-day ceasefire in Ukraine from May 8-10, coinciding with Moscow's World War II Victory Day commemorations, the Kremlin said Monday. The announcement came after US President Donald Trump urged Putin to "stop shooting" and "sign a deal" to end the three-year conflict, which the White ...

Can Trump-Zelensky Vatican Talks Bring Ukraine Peace?

This is Beirut, 28/04 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump's meeting in the Vatican with Volodymyr Zelensky was hailed by both sides as historic. Whether it will help seal a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia will become clearer in the coming days. Brought together by the funeral of Pope Francis, the US and Ukrainian presidents sat knee-to-knee on red and gold chairs in the giant nave of ...

Conflicts spur 'unprecedented' rise in military spending

This is Beirut, 28/04 08:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Worldwide military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching $2.7 trillion as wars and rising tensions drove up spending, researchers said Monday. Military spending rose worldwide with particularly large increases in Europe and the Middle East, according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace ...

US Envoy Witkoff Discusses Possible Direct Ukraine-Russia Talks With Putin

This is Beirut, 25/04 19:46 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the "possibility" of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine during a meeting in Moscow, the Kremlin said Friday. Donald Trump is pushing for a ceasefire in the three-year conflict but has so far been unable to extract any meaningful concessions from Putin. Witkoff held a ...

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