US Presses Ukraine for Quick Truce to Go With Minerals Deal

Bauxite rock passes along a conveyor belt to the reclaimer machine at an aluminium oxide factory in Nikolaev, Ukraine.Photographer: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg
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European officials have been told that President Donald Trump wants to link the proposed US-Ukraine minerals deal to demands for Kyiv to commit to a quick ceasefire with Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.

Washington has indicated that Trump is ready to finalize the agreement on natural resources, which has been on hold since his Oval Office fallout with Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week, on condition the Ukrainian leader agrees to a tangible path for a truce and talks with Moscow, the people said.