Ukraine holds trillions of dollars worth of rare earth elements, which are critical for the modern high-tech economy.

Fighting has blazed in Toretsk for many months, while Russia has headed south of Pokrovsk to avoid battles through the Ukrainian stronghold city.

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Three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the US and Russia have started peace talks on ending the war in ...

WASHINGTON − Three years ago, Russian troops surged into neighboring Ukraine, starting the biggest and bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II. Tens of thousands have died, with Russia ...

Zelensky also shared a somber video of top European leaders placing lanterns at a Kyiv memorial, decked out with dozens of flags of Ukraine and its allies. While European leaders tried to convey ...

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In a war dominated by the unexpected, few imagined Ukraine’s fourth year at war would so firmly question the security of all of Europe. The most basic tenets have crumbled in this war .

Photo: Ukrainian Presidentia/Zuma Press/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Monday marks the third anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and the Kremlin marked the ...

Seventeen countries in the U.N. General Assembly joined the U.S. in voting against a resolution condemning Russia as the aggressor in the Ukraine war — more than double a similar vote from 2023.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and the U.S. have reached an agreement on a framework for a broad economic deal that would include the exploitation of rare earth minerals, three senior Ukrainian ...

(This area can be seen outlined in black on the map above) Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Putin's forces have taken over a much larger portion of the east and ...