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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Ukraine holds deposits of 22 out of 34 minerals the EU classifies as critical. Many are in parts controlled by Russia.

During a similar U.N. vote on the war’s first anniversary in 2023, seven countries, including Russia, voted against a nonbinding resolution that urged Russia to withdraw from Ukraine and blamed ...

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

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(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 ...

France, Britain propose partial one-month Ukraine truce, Macron tells Le Figaro France and Britain are proposing a partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine that would not cover ground ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday, along with other Western political leaders, to mark the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees.

Emmanuel Macron has said a peace deal with Russia "must not mean a surrender of Ukraine" - as Donald Trump claimed Vladimir Putin's forces "want to end this war". The US and French presidents met ...