Ukrainian refugees, elected officials, and former politicians said supporting Ukraine against Russia is a matter of global stability, especially as the Trump administration begins talks on ending the conflict.

And, for that matter, for the people of the Republic of Georgia, who have been watching the war in Ukraine with growing horror, realizing that their own fledgling democracy is yet more vulnerable to the same force, to the same man with a friend now back in one of the world’s highest places, if not the highest.

Ukraine has the right to its existence and its self-determination," Cardinal Blase Cupich told hundreds gathered at Holy Name Cathedral to pray for peace and honor the dead at the three-year mark of war.

Ukrainian Americans prayed for war victims and peace while calling out recent lies spread by President Donald Trump. "The world must stand with Ukraine and tell the truth," Cardinal Blase Cupich said.

Ukraine and the U.S. have reached an agreement on a framework for a broad economic deal that would include access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, three senior Ukrainian officials said Tuesday.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, spoke at Holy Name Cathedral on Monday, marking the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a call for truth, justice and lasting peace.

Trump said going through what he called the the "Russia hoax" ordeal gives him confidence he can trust Putin in talks about the war in Ukraine that the Kremlin launched three year ago.

Ukraine and the United States reached an agreement over access to Kyiv’s deposits of rare earth minerals, according to media reports.