Ukraine declines U.S. deal that traded access to rare earth minerals for aid but didn’t offer security guarantees

United States Vice-President JD Vance, second right, and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, third right, meet with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, third left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 14, 2025.

Matthias Schrader—AP