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From Oval Office blowout to landmark minerals deal, how Ukraine’s diplomacy unfolded

Ukraine-US-Mineral_Deal-Timeline_33333KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Last fall, weeks before Donald Trump was elected U.S. president, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy floated a pitch that proposed, among other things, an economic deal that would allow Washington access to Ukraine’s largely untapped minerals and deepen strategic ties.