Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared to have rejected Donald Trump's first attempt to corner Ukraine's important mineral deposits to pay back the billions of US people spent in the fight against Russia. The Ukrainian president said the draft contract, released in Kiev last week by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent, does not yet contain the security clauses that Kiev needs. in Meet the press Interview, Zelenskyy explained his conditions. And here it is very important that this document is a term that protects it. And that's the security guarantee. I don't think the economic treaty will work if security guarantees are not given from the US. It all has to be fair. ”
Ukrainian minerals include so-called rare earth varieties, titanium, uranium, lithium and more. Three sources told Reuters that the US proposed to acquire 50% of Ukraine's key minerals. Zelensky also noted that deposits are in areas that belong to Ukraine, but are being captured by Russia. “It's not yet discussed, but it must be something Putin captured. Understanding what he's going to do with the rare earth that he was occupying billions, hundreds of millions, and hundreds of millions of millions of times. It seems important. Is it something to give to him? …This is what I want to discuss.”
On Monday, US officials led by Marco Rubio are scheduled to begin preliminary talks in Saudi Arabia with their Russian counterparts over the ceasefire. In response to that, Emmanuel Macron will host Paris Summit, the European defence powerhouse Addressing US lockouts in Europe and Kiev from the process. This week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rubio will hold their first meetings at the US and Russian levels for more than two years. The French President's Paris Conference aims to outline the European plan of action The days of chaotic briefings by the Trump administrationwrite Patrick Wintour, Jon Henley, Julian Borger, and Peter Walker.
Zelensky also headed towards the Middle East. On Sunday he arrived in the United Arab Emirates to discuss the exchanges of Russian Ukraine prisoners. a The Ukrainian delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia to prepare For a visit by Zelenskyy. However, there was no confirmation that he would attend US-Russia consultations in Riyadh, as the visit to Saudi Arabia is said to be on other issues such as investment.
Rubio on Sunday tried to ease tensions in US EuropeTelling the continent to CBS is part of the “real negotiations” to end the war in Moscow, signaling that the US is talking to Russia, how serious Vladimir Putin is about peace It was an opportunity to see if it was. “In the end… Ukraine is an invaded, so Ukraine must be involved, and Europeans must also be involved as Putin and Russia have been deprived of sanctions,” Rubio said. I said that. “We're not there yet.”
That's how enthusiastic political developments were The Ukrainian army recaptured the village of Pizzane, southwest of Pokrovsk city, on the eastern front line of the country.Among the signs, Russia's advance may be slowing down. The Russian units had made rapid profits in the region in December and January, but their progress has been at a dead end since the beginning of this month, Luke Harding writes from Kiev. Russian bloggers say Ukrainian drones are dominating the sky and systematically destroying armored vehicles. The Russian army must walk 10km on foot, and many people are not alive, they say.
Ukrainian air defense forces were trying to repel an overnight Russian drone attack on Kievauthorities said early Monday. “Please, keep us safe,” said Timur Tokachenko, chief of the junta.
Two drones violated Moldovan airspace late Sunday near the border with Ukraine, the government saidthree days after the Russian ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with the previous incident.
Russia's Ministry of Defense said its air defense units destroyed six Ukrainian drones on Sunday. Within an hour, the seas of Azov in southern Ukraine, we spent three more hours in the southern region of Krasnodar, Russia.
