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Just days after the signing of the long-anticipated mineral agreement establishing the “United States–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund” — granting the U.S. partial control over future rare earth mineral deposits and economic development in Ukraine — the U.S. State Department has announced it will no longer serve as a mediator in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. The decision comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to endorse a proposed peace settlement aimed at ending his ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine. U.S. officials stated it is now up to both nations to present clear proposals for ending the conflict, emphasizing that direct negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow must take place. The war, which escalated dramatically with Russia’s 2022 invasion, traces its origins to the 2014 annexation of Crimea.