Russia and Ukraine: The minerals deal and outlook

1)Ambrose Evan-Pritchard, “The tables have turned, and Putin’s Russia is now in dire trouble; Trump’s minerals deal remains painful for Kyiv, but it has dashed the Kremlin’s military hopes,” The Telegraph, May 1, 2025 (3:24BST).

2) Liam Fox, “Putin is a liar and a murderer. It is impossible to accommodate him; George W Bush, David Cameron and Emmanuel Macron all discovered that you can’t do business with the Kremlin tyrant,” The Telegraph,April 30, 2025 (2:32 pm BST).