Trump had originally sought $500 billion in mineral wealth — around four times what the United States has contributed to Ukraine since the war.

Trump has balked at offering security guarantees to Ukraine and has rejected its aspiration to join NATO.

But Trump said on Wednesday that a U.S. presence on the ground would benefit Ukraine.

"The American

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Russia on Wednesday slammed what it called "unfounded accusations" by the French government that it hacked President Emmanuel Macron's campaign in 2017.

"We strongly reject the unfounded accusations by the French side," the Russian Embassy in France said on Telegram, after Paris accused Moscow of being behind cyberattacks against France during the

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Russia on Wednesday said that 288 civilians were killed during Ukraine's months-long incursion into the Kursk region, which Moscow claimed to have fully cleared of Kyiv's forces over the weekend.

Kyiv sent its troops across the border in August 2024 as a riposte to Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Kremlin said in recent days that it had,

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Russian prison authorities are systematically abusing Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war throughout a network of detention centers, according to a collective investigation led by Forbidden Stories, an international consortium of journalists.Ukraine's human rights ombudsman says 16,000 civilians have gone missing since April 2024. J

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McDonald's and Coca-Cola continue to see risks to running in Russia and do not currently plan to go back to the country, Bloomberg reported, pointing out the companies' actions to the B4UKraine Coalition advocacy group.B4Ukraine Coalition released its query after reports in Russian media and speculation on social media recommended that Western brands

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In October 2022, Georgy, a 44-year-old daddy of three from the Moscow suburban area of Lyubertsy, was mobilized and sent out to eliminate in Ukraine in spite of serious health concerns and his staunch opposition to war and violence. After two stopped working escape efforts and suffering 2 cardiovascular disease, he finally handled to desert in May 2024. Now in Europe with his

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