A contentious U.S. proposal that would have seen $500 billion worth of profits from Ukrainian rare minerals given to the United States as compensation for its wartime assistance to Kyiv has been taken off the table,

It was not clear if the Ukrainian leader was serious or if he was just reacting to attacks against him from Washington and Moscow. He also pushed back against a minerals deal proposed by the United States.

On eve of third anniversary of Russian invasion, Ukraine's president, whom Trump called a 'dictator,' says security guarantees worth more than his job, as Moscow lauds US president