Washington – As American and Ukrainian officials are preparing to meet in Saudi Arabia this week, president Donald Trump said the aid in private Minerals take care of Washington and Kyiv will not be enough restart And Intelligence With the country torn by the war, according to an administration official and another American official.
Trump wants the agreement, which would give the United States an interest in Ukraine‘S Mineral resourcessign. But he also wants to see a change in the attitude of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy towards the peace talks, the officials declared, including a desire to make concessions such as the abandonment of territory to Russia. Trump also wants Zelenskyy to make a movement towards elections in Ukraine and perhaps the resignation of his head of countries, officials said.
The elections in Ukraine were interrupted under the constitutional provision of the country for martial law, which has been in force since Russia invaded in 2022.
“As President Trump demonstrated by reading President Zelenskyy’s message during the joint session, the Ukrainians made a positive movement. With Saudi meetings the coming week, we are impatient to hear a more positive movement which, we hope, will end up putting an end to this brutal war and this bloodshed, “said spokesperson for the National Council of the White House, Brian Hughes, said when asked about Trump’s requirements.
Russia has Intensified attacks on Ukraine In the aftermath of the American break in sharing equipment and intelligence this week, making Friday the deadliest days for civilians this year, according to the United Nations Human Rights Mission in Ukraine. Most of the victims took place in the Donetsk region, in territory controlled by Ukraine. The numbers of victims have been higher so far in 2025 than in 2024, the supervisory agency said.
The United States has no indication that the information sharing break had a direct impact on Russian attacks, according to the US official and the administration manager. They said these major attacks were probably planned before the information and help stop.
Congress Republicans put pressure on the White House to restart both aid and information, and the two officials said they were optimistic, the flow of arms and equipment and the sharing of information could be restored next week, especially after Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is “ready to come to the negotiation table as soon as possible”. The Ukrainian president also said that he and his team “were ready to work under the solid direction of President Trump to obtain a lasting peace.”
The officials have said that the United States is still sharing defensive information with Ukraine-that is to say information that helps Ukraine’s self-defense against attacks-explaining that they still have the duty to warn. But they do not provide targeting information against Russian targets. This means that the United States can warn Ukraine when intelligence shows that the Russians are preparing an attack, but it can no longer provide targeting coordinates for Ukraine first.
The United States has provided Ukraine targeting, satellite imagery and intelligence signals for most of the last three years. European allies are now working to fill some of the gaps, but the lack of American information already has an impact on Ukraine every day, according to a Western official.
“Each day hurts Ukraine, and every day gives Russia a more favorable position,” said the official.