The Trump administration may seek to strike a simplified minerals deal with Ukraine to get a pact in place quickly and later negotiate detailed terms, such as how much of Ukraine's vast resources the U.

Russia, like U.S. President Donald Trump, covets Ukraine's natural resources - and on the ground its forces are closing in on a giant lithium deposit. Trump said this month he wants Kyiv to hand over large quantities of its critical minerals in return for U.

Congressional Republicans have mostly tempered their criticism or deferred to the president as he topples what were once their party’s core foreign policy principles.

U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed Ukraine's concern about being left out of U.S.-Russian talks in Saudi Arabia on ending the Ukraine war on Tuesday and said he would not oppose Europeans if they want to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would not oppose Europeans if they want to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine to provide security guarantees in the event of a peace deal. "Having troops over there would be fine,