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 Ukraine-US minerals deal struck on Wednesday pursuant to fraught negotiations for months raises the prospects for a peace process to end the longest war in Europe in 80 years. At the very least, the development signals a return to civility after negotiations were derailed following an acrimonious exchange in February in the White House between