Trump wants to do a deal for Ukraine’s critical minerals. Will Zelensky give him what he wants – or will Putin?
- Written by Alexander Korolev, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, UNSW Sydney
The United States and Russia agreed to work on a plan to end the war in Ukraine at high-level talks in Saudi Arabia this week. Ukrainian and European representatives were pointedly not invited to take part.
US President Donald Trump seemingly entered into these negotiations prepared to capitulate on two main points that Russian President Vladimir...
