The U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has presented Ukraine with an “improved” draft of a minerals agreement after President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the initial proposal, Axios reported on Feb. 20, citing sources …

Within weeks of U.S. President Donald Trump saying he wanted to do a deal with Kyiv on its “rare earths and other things,” it became clear the U.S. wasn’t just interested in Ukraine’s critical minerals and rare earth elements.

U.S. Treasury Secretary …

Key developments on Feb. 20:

• Zelensky-Kellogg meeting ends with no joint statements at US request, spokesperson says
• Starmer to pitch plan on 30,000 European peacekeepers in Ukraine to Trump, Telegraph reports
• US refuses to co-sponsor UN resolution …

During U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia, Moscow allegedly demanded that the U.S. withdraw NATO forces from eastern Europe as a condition for “normalizing relations,” the Financial Times (FT) reported on Feb. 20, citing two officials in …

A looming dropoff in U.S. weapons deliveries is threatening to strain Ukraine’s budding domestic arms production to the breaking point.

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration prepares negotiations with their Russian counterparts, Ukrainians …

Despite a long history of controversial and bombastic statements, U.S. President Donald Trump still managed to stun those watching this week by calling President Volodymyr Zelesnky a “dictator” and blaming Ukraine for Russia’s …

President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Keith Kellogg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, in Kyiv on Feb. 20.

“We discussed in detail the situation on the battlefield and how to return all our POWs (prisoners of war), …

Did U.S. President Donald Trump say that Ukraine started the war with Russia? Yes, that's true: On February 18, 2025, speaking from his Mar-a-Lago residence, he said that Ukraine should have never started the war. That followed talks between the U.S. …

U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on Feb. 20 urged Kyiv to “tone down” its stance and sign a minerals deal that President Volodymyr Zelensky refused to make.

“They need to tone it down and take a hard look and sign that …

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Feb. 19 that President Volodymyr Zelensky was a “modestly successful comedian” turned “dictator” who “refused to have elections.”

This was the latest in a series of false …

Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation and Justice Ministry are preparing to nationalize Poltava Mining, a subsidiary of London-listed Ferrexpo, which is majority owned by oligarch Konstantin Zhevago, the SBI announced on Feb. 20.

The move …

After the Trump administration accused European allies of not pulling their weight in the support for Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent sat down with the EU’s first-ever defense commissioner, Andrius Kubilius, to discuss whether Europe is ready to …

The U.S. is refusing to co-sponsor a UN resolution marking the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, which reaffirms Ukraine’s territorial integrity and condemns Moscow’s aggression, Reuters reported on Feb. 20, citing …

Ukrainian military intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov believes that Ukraine and Russia will reach a ceasefire this year, he said in an interview with Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev published on Feb. 18.

Budanov described the situation as …

Keith Kellogg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, met with top Ukrainian military and government officials as part of his visit to the country that began on Feb. 19.

Kellogg’s visit comes amid a tense atmosphere as …