U.S. President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal of three years of American policy toward Ukraine has raised concerns China might become emboldened to push its territorial claim on Taiwan, though experts say Beijing is most likely in a wait-and-see mode

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unwillingness to countenance a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine is likely to be a key early test of the thaw in US relations under President Donald Trump.

U KRAINIAN OFFICIALS are locked in talks with America whose brinkmanship is dizzying even by Donald Trump’s standards. He and his team are demanding Ukraine sign over profits from its mining, ports and other industries in return for any backing from Uncle Sam.

President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States is close an agreement with Ukraine on sharing revenue from Ukrainian minerals as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war.

Ukraine’s deputy prime minister said negotiations with the US over a deal to give Washington a cut of the country’s natural resources are in the final stages. Both sides have been locked in intense negotiations over the agreement that President Donald Trump’s administration sees as integral to its plan to broker a ceasefire in Russia’s war on Ukraine.