Nearly six years have passed since Volodymyr Zelensky was elected president of Ukraine, yet he still cringes at all the polished brass and chandeliers that crowd his office. The place does seem rather gaudy,

The president appears to have reeled in recent criticism of Russia's leader, while warning Kyiv over delays to minerals deal.

President Donald Trump lashed out at both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, expressing frustration with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders as he struggles to forge a truce to end the war.

Donald Trump claims that Volodymyr Zelensky wants to withdraw from the deal concerning rare earth metals. "If he does, he will have some problems, big, big problems," warned the American president. Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his concerns about the deal with the USA,

The minerals deal with Kyiv would see the US have access to Ukraine's critical mineral wealth, including key ingredients for the clean energy transition

President Donald Trump accused his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky of trying to "back out" of a minerals deal between the two countries