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I wanted to have a sentence on security guarantees for Ukraine, and it's important that it's there,
Zelensky said on Wednesday, BBC reported
I want to find a Nato path or something similar. If we don't get security guarantees, we won't have a ceasefire, nothing will work, nothing.”
When asked if he would abandon the agreement if Trump failed to provide the guarantee, Zelensky told BBCHe's all dressed up today,
Reacting to his outfit, Trump told the media ... as they shook handsI am not aligned with Putin. I'm aligned with the US and the good of the world,
Trump said, ... according to ReutersWe'll be dig, dig, digging"
Trump had said on Thursday ahead of the meeting between the two leadersYes, it's a counter to China, but you've still got the problem of where the minerals are going to be processed and how long it's going to take,
said Julian Kettle, Vice Chair Metals and Mining at natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie
Ukraine hasn't been mapped in 30 years. There's so much more to be done before we get to a phase of advanced exploration in Ukraine,
said Gracelin Baskaran, director of the critical minerals security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, an American think tankThe reality is that most lithium deposits in Ukraine were identified in the Soviet era and we haven't had any real updates or exploration for many years,
said Federico Gay, analyst at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence (BMI), a London-based specialist information provider for the supply chain of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehiclesBefore the war broke out, I had a lot of commercial negotiations with ... investors who were interested in the project,
Alyoshin told ReutersEven if everything stacks up, it would take a minimum of eight years for the Polokhivske deposit to be developed to the stage where it is producing usable lithium,
he said
I think actually more difficult is going to be the Russia-Ukraine situation,
Mr. Trump said in December
I don't use those words lightly, I think that we're going to see how it all works out,
he repliedHis goal here is to bring this war to an end, period."
Referring to Mr. Trump, Waltz repliedBefore I even arrive at the Oval Office, shortly after we win the presidency, I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settled,
Mr. Trump said at a June rallyI don't believe he's going to violate his word,
Mr. Trump saidYou should have never started it, you could have made a deal,
Mr. Trump said of Ukraine last weekIt’s an important political undertaking that binds the two countries together,
a senior US official said
We are a backstop because we'll be over there, we'll be working in the country. That's a great thing economically for them,
he said in the Oval Office
I think there will be some alignment to this figure that Trump mentioned,
Shapoval told CNBC via video call earlier this monthAbout 5% of all the world's 'critical raw materials' are located in Ukraine, which occupies only 0.4 per cent of the Earth's surface,
Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Svetlana Grinchuk said back in 2022