But I think it's to the very much benefit of Russia to make a deal.

The deal, President Trump is talking about, is a deal to end its war with Ukraine.

What ultimately becomes of Ukraine, though, may depend on the compromises it's willing to make with the United States.

We'll be really partnering with Ukraine in terms of rare earth. We

very much need rare earth. The president has his eye on Ukraine's rich natural resources.

We don't have that much of it here. We have some, but we don't have that much, and we need a lot more.

The Trump administration wants hundreds of billions of dollars of rare earth metals and other

critical minerals. Details are thin on what exactly Ukraine would get an exchange. After, back and

forth, it looks like there's a preliminary deal. Trump spoke Wednesday at the White House.

But we've been able to make a deal where we're going to get our money back and we're going to get a lot of money in the future.

And I think that's appropriate because we have taxpayers that shouldn't be footing the bill.

But will a deal between the U.S. and Ukraine bring about an end to the grinding conflict between Ukraine and Russia?

Consider this. It's been three years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Coming up, we'll hear from Alexander Vindman,

who knows both Ukraine and the Trump White House intimately, and who says that ending the war

will not be so simple. You're not going to find much of a compromise when both sides feel like they're on the cusp of winning or holding out or breaking the other side.

From NPR, I'm Mary Louise Kelly.

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