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Ukraine, US sign minerals deal, marking shift from military to economic support

The United States and Ukraine have signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump's administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid.

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine ready to sign controversial minerals deal with the United States, officials say

US President Donald Trump indicated in February that he wanted access to Ukraine's rare earth materials as a condition for continued US support in the war, describing it as reimbursement for the billions of dollars in aid Washington has given to Kyiv.

Euronews

US and Ukraine set to be 50-50 partners in shared minerals deal after shift from Trump

Any shared minerals deal between Washington and Kyiv suggests that while Trump’s support of Ukraine is not morally driven, it may now be underwritten by the prospects of American profits

The Independent UK

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Putin responds to Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire plan with a three-day offer

Ukraine and Europe counter-proposed terms, seeing the US plan as too conciliatory towards Moscow.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine Reportedly Set To Sign Key Deal With U.S. In Hopes It Will Help End The War

Ukraine is reportedly set to sign a mineral resources deal with the U.S. in hopes it will help end the war

International Business Times

Five key moments from Donald Trump’s combative interview marking his first 100 days back

‘I’ve never even heard of you,’ the US president tells ABC reporter Terry Moran as they clash over key issues, including tariffs and the Ukraine-Russia war

Evening Standard

Russia launches drone attack on Dnipro and Kharkiv, killing one and injuring 50

Meanwhile, in Russia a Ukrainian drone attack led to a fire at an instrument-making plant in Murom. Three people were injured in the Kursk region.

Euronews

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Kremlin says a deal to end the war with Ukraine can't be achieved quickly

A senior Kremlin official says clinching a deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine “is far too complex to be done quickly.”

The Independent UK

Modi drops out of attending Victory Day celebration in Moscow

India likely to send defence minister to attend Red Square parade, say reports

The Independent UK

Inside Taganrog: beatings, electrocution and starvation at prison where Ukrainians were tortured

Russia is holding an estimated 16,000 civilians in arbitrary detention at 180 separate facilities. Taganrog was the most notorious.

The Guardian - UK

Nearly 4,700 North Korean troops killed or injured fighting for Putin, says South Korea

North Korea has suffered 4,700 casualties, including 600 deaths on the Russia-Ukraine battlefronts, according to South Korea intelligence

The Independent UK

Sudanese return to their homeland, hoping for stability but finding it still wrecked by war

Sudanese are cautiously starting to return to their homes, hoping for some stability after the military retook the capital, Khartoum, and other areas from its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces

The Independent UK

Ukraine war briefing: UN slashes humanitarian aid after ‘sharp’ fall in funding

Official says UN and its partners have ‘reprioritised’ operations in Ukraine, amid wider drop in aid funding from the US. What we know on day 1,162

The Guardian - AU

Russia has offered a short ceasefire in Ukraine – but here’s what Putin really wants

As part of the price for peace, Moscow would like sanctions on Russian airlines lifted. That’s no surprise: they’re vital to the Kremlin’s war machine, says Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian presidential office

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The Independent UK

Inside Japan’s race to prepare for war on its doorstep

SPECIAL REPORT: Japan views Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a failure of global deterrence – and a wake-up call. On Yonaguni island, just 100km from Taiwan, Adam Withnall visits a community bracing in case history repeats itself

The Conversation

Peace in our time? Why NZ should resist Trump’s one-sided plan for Ukraine

Is it possible to reconcile increased international support for Ukraine with Donald Trump’s plan to end the war? At their recent meeting in London, Christopher Luxon and his British counterpart Keir Starmer seemed to think so.

International Business Times

US Threatens To Quit Russia-Ukraine Effort Unless 'Concrete Proposals'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that the United States would end mediation unless Russia and Ukraine come up with "concrete proposals," as US patience wanes on an early priority for President Donald Trump.

The Independent UK

After 100 days of turmoil, it’s time to make American democracy great again

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: No US president has inflicted so much damage, on so many, in so short a time. Finally, there are positive signs of resistance to Donald Trump

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Euronews

Russia launches deadly drone strikes on Ukraine amid proposed ceasefire

A 12-year-old girl was killed and three others injured in a Russian drone strike on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, local officials said.

Evening Standard

Why does Russia want the Crimea? The fight for power in the Black Sea

Why is a peninsula in Eastern Europe at the centre of a billion-dollar war?

The Independent UK

Boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk urges Trump to ‘open his eyes’ over the war in Ukraine

The world heavyweight boxer said Russia should not be allowed to claim Ukrainian territory in the peace deal

Latin Times

Russia Is Demanding Ukrainian Land It Doesn't Currently Occupy To End The War: Report

Vladimir Putin is reportedly demanding Russia take control of four regions it doesn't fully occupy at the moment as one of his conditions to end the war

The Conversation

Putin’s three-day ceasefire isn’t a genuine move towards peace, but Ukraine has to play along

The Russian leader, Vladmir Putin, has announced a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine to commence on May 8, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the second world war. The Kremlin says “all hostilities will be suspended” during this period and has made it clear it expects…

Al Jazeera

Russia dismisses Ukraine’s proposal to extend brief ceasefire to 30 days

Kremlin spokesman slams Kyiv after Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Moscow’s brief unilateral ceasefire ‘manipulation’.

Salon

An American emergency at 100 days

At the 100-day mark, Trump’s America lies wounded with no hope for help

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