POKROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — A dire shortage of infantry troops and supply routes coming under Russian drone attacks are conspiring against Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk, where decisive battles in the nearly three-year war are playing out — and time is running short.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he wishes to negotiate an agreement with Ukraine. In exchange for American aid, Kyiv would supply the United States with rare earth metals used in electronics.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that members of his administration are already in talks with Russian authorities about ending Moscow’s war on Ukraine. “We will be speaking, and I think we’ll perhaps do something that’ll be significant,