Since the beginning of the new administration, it seemed Russia’s needs and views of the war were being promoted by Trump officials, but the tone appears to be changing.

FOX News host Sean Hannity asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio for an update on U.S. attempts to get Russia and Ukraine to come to a peace deal, as Ukraine agrees to a mineral rights deal with President Trump,

The U.S. and Ukrainian governments touted the signing of a controversial minerals sharing deal as a launchpad for expansive bilateral economic cooperation.