It would be an agreement “giving giving”, according to the expression dear to the American president Donald Trump. Senior Ukrainian officials confirmed on Tuesday that a framework agreement was found between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump, for Ukrainian mining resources, including oil and gas. An agreement, from an American point of view, to recover the cost of helping the war effort.
Before its possible signature, the leaders of the 27 EU member states must meet this Wednesday, February 26, in videoconference for a debriefing of the meeting, centered on Ukraine, between Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump on Monday in Washington.
Info to remember
⇒ an agreement on minerals reached between kyiv and Washington
⇒ Russia says it has killed 128 Ukrainian drones that night
⇒ Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron salute Donald Trump’s work for “a lasting peace”
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Russia says it has killed 128 Ukrainian drones
The Russian Defense Ministry said this Wednesday that it had shot down on Tuesday to Wednesday 128 Ukrainian drones above the different Russian regions and the annexed Crimea, one of the most important attacks of this type targeting Russia from the start conflict.
The anti-aircraft defense forces “intercepted and destroyed in the previous night 128 Ukrainian air drones”, including 83 above the Krasnodar region (southwest) and 30 above the Crimea peninsula annexed in 2014 said the ministry in a statement.
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Ukraine: Agreement on minerals between kyiv and Washington
kyiv accepted the terms of an agreement on his minerals with the United States, which President Volodymyr Zelensky could sign on Friday in Washington. “I heard that he came on Friday. It’s certainly ok for me. He would like to sign him with me, and I understand that – it’s a big deal, a very big deal,” said Donald Trump on Tuesday At the White House, interviewed on this subject.
The American president asked Ukraine to give him access to his mineral resources to compensate for the billions of dollars in aid paid by the administration of his predecessor Joe Biden. According to a senior Ukrainian official who told AFP on Tuesday that kyiv was ready to sign, the Americans “removed all the clauses that did not suit us, in particular the $ 500 billion” that minerals were supposed to report to States -Unis.
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Explosive devices against the Russian Consulate in Marseille: two CNRS researchers recognized the facts
Two CNRS researchers, arrested on Monday evening as part of the investigation into jets of explosive devices against the Consulate General of Russia in Marseille, recognized the facts, the public prosecutor of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic Marseille, confirming daily information Provence.
The two men, an engineer and a chemist, are still in police custody, said Nicolas Bessone at the end of the evening. Arrested, according to Provenceduring a demonstration of support for Ukraine, they indicated that the mixture contained in the plastic bottles launched in the consulate garden was a cocktail of nitrogen and chemicals, confirmed the prosecutor.
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Starmer and Macron salute Trump’s work for “a lasting peace” in Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed work on Tuesday “for lasting peace” in Ukraine carried out by US President Donald Trump, the British Prime Minister’s office announced. Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron exchanged the phone on Tuesday afternoon and tried timely “President Trump’s action in favor of work for lasting peace in Ukraine,” said Downing Street.
After Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer went to Washington Thursday to try to convince Donald Trump that security guarantees are necessary for any cease-fire agreement with Russia in Ukraine.