A person is inspecting a building damaged by Russian shelling in Dobropillia, Donetsk Oblast on the 9th (local time).
There are reports that even if U.S. President Donald Trump signs a mineral agreement with Ukraine, he will not resume military support to Ukraine.
According to the U.S. NBC broadcast on the 9th, citing U.S. officials, President Trump has unofficially made it clear to his aides that even if Ukraine signs a mineral resource agreement, military support and information provision will not resume.
U.S. officials mentioned that President Trump desires not only to secure a share in Ukraine’s mineral resources but also changes in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s stance on peace negotiations and possibly a regime change in Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia from the 10th to the 12th (local time) to discuss the cessation of hostilities and the U.S.-Ukraine mineral agreement with the Ukrainian delegation.
Russia, after the U.S. halted military intelligence sharing and weapon support to Ukraine, is intensifying its offensive in the Kursk region.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Telegram that they recaptured the three villages of Malaya Loshni, Ruskoye Porechnoye, and Kositsya, located north of Suzha.
However, a Trump administration official claimed there is no evidence that the U.S. halt in information sharing has directly impacted the Russian attacks. They also mentioned that they continue to share defensive, not offensive, information with Ukraine.