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Morning opening: Russian attacks continue amid indications of US support for Ukraine

 


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https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/02/russia-ukraine-us-minerals-romania-vatican-conclave-europe-news-live-updates

 

Morning opening: Russian attacks continue amid indications of US support for Ukraine

Jakub Krupa

Russian strikes wounded more than 30 people in Ukraine overnight, AFP reported, a day after Kyiv and Washington signed a landmark minerals deal.

 

The Russian attacks continue amid growing signs from Washington that the Trump administration will approve its first sale of military equipment to Ukraine since Donald Trump took office, in an indication that the minerals deal signed by the two countries this week may open a path to renewed weapons shipments.

 

The state department has certified a proposed licence to export “$50m or more” (£37.6m) of defence hardware and services to Ukraine, according to a communication sent to the US committee on foreign relations.

 

My colleagues Shaun Walker and Andrew Roth noted that it would mark the first permission of its kind since Trump paused all Ukraine-related military aid shortly after taking office.

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