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No security guarantees for Ukraine in latest US mineral proposal |
The Trump administration is ramping up demands on Ukraine, offering Kyiv no security guarantees in return for a deal to control its critical minerals and energy assets. |
As it pushes ahead to reach a ceasefire in the country's three-year war with Russia, the U.S. delivered the new proposal to Ukraine's officials Sunday. The agreement reaches farther than the initial U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal left unsigned on Feb. 28 after Volodymyr Zelensky's contentious meeting with Trump and Vice President Vance in the Oval Office. Of note, the U.S. is looking to forge a five-person board that would supervise an investment fund, consisting of three Washington and two Kyiv members, that would split the money made from mineral, gas and oil projects between the U.S. and Ukraine, according to copies of a proposal draft that were obtained by multiple outlets. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday the deal could be signed next week. "We have passed along a completed document for the economic partnership [that] is currently being reviewed by Ukrainians, and we hope to go to full discussions and perhaps even get signatures next week," Bessent said on Fox News. On Tuesday, Zelensky told reporters Washington had put forward a "major" deal. But by Thursday in Paris, he seemed to lament that the U.S. was "constantly" changing the terms of the agreement. Three senior Ukrainian officials told the Financial Times - who first reported the draft deal - that any document was unlikely to be signed by next week, as Bessent indicated. Read the full report at TheHill.com. |
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Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) on Thursday defended asking at a congressional hearing whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was drinking before sharing military attack plans in a Signal group chat of top-level national security officials, which mistakenly also included a prominent journalist. In an interview with CNN anchor John Berman, Gomez said he asked about the secretary's drinking habits because Hegseth sending the plans …
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Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), a former Air Force officer, said Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth "should be removed from office" if he does not resign after he appeared to share potentially classified information about plans to attack Houthi rebels in a Signal group chat that mistakenly included a prominent journalist. In an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill,” Houlahan suggested the breach is "absolutely … |
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President Trump doubled down on his criticism of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Thursday, calling him “disgraceful” after the judge was named to oversee the case involving a Signal group chat in which Trump administration officials allegedly leaked war plans to The Atlantic’s top editor. Boasberg has most recently been in the spotlight for his handling of the case involving the administration’s … |
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Upcoming things we're watching on our beat: |
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will head to the Philippines and Japan Friday and over the weekend.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Guyana and Suriname today.
- Vice President Vance will travel to Greenland alongside his wife, Usha Vance, as well as national security advisor Michael Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright tomorrow.
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Bondi deflects on potential Signal probe: Information 'not classified' |
Attorney General Pam Bondi declined to say whether the Justice Department was investigating national security leaders' use of Signal to discuss an airstrike, implying such an action may not be necessary given that the information discussed was unclassified. Democrats and national security experts … |
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Events in and around the defense world: |
- The National Institute for Deterrence Studies will hold a virtual discussion on "Major Power Rivalry and Nuclear Stability," with former Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy Brad Roberts, at 10 a.m
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News we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Army, US allies battling swampy terrain to find 4 soldiers missing since Tuesday in Lithuania (Military.com)
- Senate confirms former VA benefits chief as new deputy secretary (Military Times)
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under close scrutiny as Republican lawmakers criticize his handling of sensitive military information in a group … Read more |
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