Mineral trade negotiators have made “good progress,” said Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. on wednesday. A senior official with knowledge of negotiations informed Agence France-Presse that a new draft of the US-Ukraine Accord has appeared Ukraine’s previous aid will not be recognized as debt owed byadded that the lecture is moving forward “very fast.” The rating reflected the report Bloomberg News It said Washington has eased the demand that Kiev already pay for assistance since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
“The basic law is almost complete. And if everything moves quickly and constructively, the agreement will have economic consequences for our country,” Zelensky said in his daily speech on Wednesday. The Trump administration has called for some kind of deal. Give the US most important minerals and in exchange for military aid what Donald Trump calls “rare earth” and other natural resources of Ukraine.. Zelenskyy says he does not recognize the previous aid that Ukraine has been approved as a loan that requires repayment under the Biden administration, but he hopes to pay the US in advance in the future.
A mass attack of Russian “Sharp” drones killed young and older women At least 16 people were injured in Dnipro City on Wednesdaysaid the official. In the Kharkiv region, governor Ole Sinnykhovov said that a Russian missile attack injured two people in the town of Izium.
The Russian attack in Carson, southern Ukraine, killed three more people on Wednesday and injured three more On the obvious so-called double tap strike, authorities said. Regional head Oleksandr Prokdin said the Russian attack continued as rescuers arrived on the scene.
Ukraine said it had on Wednesday Nine people have been detained, including five teenagers between the ages of 14 and 15, on suspicion of preparing a sabotage attack on behalf of Russian security services.. The Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) said some of the suspects are planning to plant explosives near residential buildings and railway lines, including improvised explosive devices. SBU in March Russia accused of blowing up two teenage boys They were recruited to make bombs and plant them near Ukrainian railway stations.
The Kremlin on Wednesday refused to say that the 30-day moratorium on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure strike will end – or whether it is expanded. Putin said on March 18 that he ordered the troops to halt such attacks for 30 days, but that Kiev accused Moscow of continuing.
The Russian Regional Governor Kursk and his former division were arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than $12 million in funds allocated for border defense against Ukraine.authorities said Wednesday. Alexei Smirnov, 51, and Alexei Dedov, 48, were in charge when Ukrainian forces raided across the border in August 2024, successfully recruiting the largest ground attack on Russian territory since World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced Smirnov with Alexander Kinstein in December.
French President Emmanuel Macron meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Donald Trump’s Russian envoy, Steve Witkov, on Thursdaysaid Elise Palace. The US State Department said it will discuss the end of the war in Ukraine.
Latvian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to quit the anti-mining treaty Therefore, the Baltic countries can strengthen their security against Russia. “The withdrawal from the Ottawa Treaty will give the chamber to pilot the troops in the event of a military threat to use any means to defend our citizens,” said Inala Murnis, chairman of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. Decide, a Direct consequences of a full-scale invasion of Russia’s UkraineIt will come into effect six months after Latvia officially notifies the United Nations.
Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Finland have also announced plans to abandon the mine treaty. The International Committee of the Red Cross called it “A dangerous setback to civilian protection in armed conflict”. Last month, Lithuania stopped another treaty banning cluster bombs, citing the threat posed by Russia, as well as threats wary of human rights groups.
