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Donald Trump has appeared to blame
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Ukraine for starting the war following
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talks between the US and Russia over a
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peace deal the US President also
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reportedly wants rights over Ukraine's
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mineral resources in exchange for
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America providing security guarantees
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according to leaked documents seen by
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the Telegraph newspaper in response
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Ukrainian President Vladimir zalinski
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has insisted he is protecting Ukraine
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and can't sell our state and has accused
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Trump of being in a disinformation space
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so what's going on repres
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representatives from the US and Russia
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have now met in Saudi Arabia to begin
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discussing a path to peace in Ukraine
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which was invaded by its neighbor Russia
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3 years ago European leaders have urged
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the US to ensure Ukraine is included in
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any negotiations which has not happened
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so far and UK prime minister Sirus
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Dharma has said any peace agreement
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requires a us back stop to ensure Russia
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does not resume its attacks zalinsky
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said he was surprised not to have been
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included in the talks and in insisted
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you cannot make decisions without
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Ukraine on how to end the war in Ukraine
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speaking to reporters at his maral Lago
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Resort in Florida Trump was asked by the
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BBC for his message to ukrainians who
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felt betrayed he suggested Ukraine could
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have made a deal and added that the
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nation should have never started it how
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has Ukraine reacted now zalinsky has
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given his own news conference in the
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capital of Kiev telling reporters Trump
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is living in a disinformation space
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linked to Russia and urged a US Envoy to
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come with him to see for himself the
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front line of the conflict he has
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insisted he can't sell our state after
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rejecting a Rare Minerals agreement with
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the US the telegraph has reported that
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leaked drafts of a proposed us deal
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would see Ukraine give up 50% of its
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revenues from future mineral resources
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but the Ukrainian leader previously told
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the Associated Press it was important to
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have a connection between some kind of
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security guarantees and some kind of
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investment what have Europe and the UK
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said European leaders held an emergency
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Summit of their own earlier this week
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after Ukraine and NATO allies were
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excluded from the Russia us talks starma
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has since urged Trump to provide a
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security guarantee to any Ukrainian
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peace settlement insisting it is the
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only way to deter Russia from attacking
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again he also said he is prepared to
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deploy British troops as part of a
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peacekeeping force amid pressure on
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Europe to ramp up defense spending but
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other European nations were more
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resistant to calls to deploy forces to
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monitor a ceasefire starma will visit
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Washington next week and is expected to
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make the case for Trump to provide this
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back stop as he aims to bridge the gap
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between Europe and Washington meanwhile
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the UK defense secretary John Healey is
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traveling to meet his Norwegian
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counterpart to sandvig and has stressed
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that the UK and Europe are in a new era
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of threat which demands a new era for
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defense economists have warned that
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increasing UK defense spending is likely
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to require additional tax Rises by the
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government which is currently reviewing
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ing the nation's strategic defenses
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before outlining how the UK will fund a
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rise to 2.5% of GDP going to the
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