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Donald Trump<\/a> has issued a demand to Ukraine<\/a> in which Kyiv<\/a> guarantees supplies of rare earth minerals to the US<\/a> as payment for war aid.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> previously floated the idea as part of his plan to end the war with Russia.
Speaking to reporters at the White House<\/a> on Monday, Mr Trump said: \u201cWe\u2019re telling Ukraine they have very valuable rare earths.
\u201cWe\u2019re looking to do a deal with Ukraine where they\u2019re going to secure what we\u2019re giving them with their rare earths and other things.\u201d
It comes as A Russian missile strike damaged an apartment bloc and administrative buildings, killing five people and injuring at least 30 in the town of Izium in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, the regional governor said on Tuesday.
Russian forces hit the town’s central district using a ballistic missile, governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram citing preliminary information. Rescuers were working at the site and at least one person was trapped under the rubble, he added.
Posting footage of the aftermath of the strike, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky wrote: \u201cThis brutality cannot be tolerated. Maximum pressure must be applied to Russia \u2013 through military force, sanctions, and diplomacy \u2013 to stop the terror and protect lives.\u201d
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed the \u201cbrutality\u201d of the Russian missile strike on Izyum, which has killed five and injured 20, cannot be tolerated.
He posted a video of the aftermath of the strike, which took place earlier today.
\u201cThis brutality cannot be tolerated. Maximum pressure must be applied to Russia \u2013 through military force, sanctions, and diplomacy \u2013 to stop the terror and protect lives,\u201d he wrote.
A Russian missile strike damaged an apartment bloc and administrative buildings, killing four people and injuring at least 20 in the town of Izyum in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, the regional governor said on Tuesday.
Russian forces hit the town’s central district using a ballistic missile, governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram citing preliminary information.
Rescuers were working at the site and at least one person was trapped under the rubble, he added.
A five-storey residential block was damaged and several administrative buildings were partially destroyed as a result of the strike, according to Syniehubov.
Kharkiv region, bordering Russia, regularly comes under Russian air attacks.
Eddy, 28, said he was feeling positive and had no regrets despite his horrific injuries inflicted by a suspected Russian drone strike
Armen Sarkisyan was accused by Ukraine of aiding Russia\u2019s war in Donetsk
Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday that it shot down 37 out of 65 Russian drones overnight in an attack that damaged businesses, a railway depot and homes around the nation.
Ukraine’s state railways Ukrzaliznytsia said Russia attacked a depot in Dnipropetrovsk region, causing significant damage to infrastructure and premises.
The attack also caused fires at three private enterprises in the central Cherkasy region, its governor Ihor Taburets said via Telegram.
In the northeastern region of Sumy, it damaged eight residential buildings and one apartment building, regional authorities said.
Of the 65 drones, 28 more did not reach their targets, likely due to electronic warfare, Ukraine’s military said.
Ukrenergo, the country’s national grid operator, reported emergency power cuts in eight regions on Tuesday, citing damages from the missile and drone attacks.
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that comments by US president Donald Trump suggesting he wants Ukraine to supply Washington with rare earth minerals show he now wants Kyiv to pay for US assistance rather than receive it for free.
Mr Trump told reporters on Monday that Ukraine was willing to engage in the exchange, adding that he wants \u201cequalization\u201d from Ukraine for Washington’s \u201cclose to $300 billion\u201d in support.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the comment demonstrated the US is no longer willing to provide free aid to Kyiv.
An 18-year-old British volunteer who enlisted to help defend Ukraine<\/a> was killed by a Russian drone just minutes into his first mission, according to a report.
James Wilton, from Huddersfield<\/a>, travelled to Ukraine<\/a> aged 17 and with no prior military experience, where he was reportedly given a crash training course by Ukrainian instructors<\/a>.
But his first mission on Ukraine\u2019s eastern front<\/a> on 23 July 2024 was also to be his last, after James and his comrade found themselves being hunted by multiple Russian drones in an open field with no cover to run for.
\u201cI\u2019ll never get over this. I didn\u2019t want him to go but his heart was set on it. He wanted to help Ukraine,\u201d his father Graham told The Sun<\/em><\/a>.
Andy Gregory reports:<\/em><\/strong>
James Wilton, aged 18, was cremated in Ukraine after his death last July
North Korean troops have been pulled back from the frontline amid devastating losses<\/a>, according to Ukrainian and American officials.
Kim Jong Un<\/a>\u2019s forces have not been seen on the battlefield for around three weeks<\/a>, Ukrainian special forces said, according to the New York Times<\/em>.
Pyongyang sent roughly 11,000 soldiers<\/a> to help with Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s war effort in November last year, four months after Kyiv<\/a>\u2019s troops seized Russian territory in Kursk<\/a>.
They quickly gained a reputation as being fierce, \u201ccommitted\u201d soldiers, who would often choose suicide over surrender, but were hampered by poor tactics and a language barrier.
In January, South Korea<\/a>\u2019s National Intelligence Service said 300 of Kim\u2019s soldiers have been killed and another 2,700 wounded since joining the conflict.
Alexander Butler reports:<\/em><\/strong>
Kim Jong Un sent roughly 11,000 soldiers to join Vladimir Putin\u2019s troops in November last year
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