A security analyst says it's likely Trump's hardball foreign policy with Ukraine is part of his promise to deliver a peace deal as fast as possible.
Ukraine's President says he's ready to sign a minerals deal and reach a peace deal only hours after America's decision to pause military aid.
It also follows a fiery White House meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump.
A Kyiv-based security analyst Jimmy Rushton told Mike Hosking Trump's been putting a lot of pressure on Zelenskyy to sign a deal without a US security guarantee.
He thinks the President's found Russia won't budge and it'll be easier to get Ukraine to sign to unfavourable terms.
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