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,

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that the signing of a minerals deal between Ukraine and the United States meant U.S. President Donald Trump had forced Kyiv to pay for future U.