White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt vehemently denied reports on Wednesday that President Donald Trump was moving to deport some 240,000 Ukrainians living in the U.S. as a punitive measure against President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The report surfaced amid ongoing negotiations between U.S. and Ukrainian leaders over a cease-fire in the country’s war with Russia and a deal for Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, crucial for use in the high-tech and defense sectors.
