President Vladimir Putin is open to peace in Ukraine and intense work is going on with the United States, but the conflict is so complicated that the rapid progress that Washington wants is difficult to achieve,

The announcement comes at a critical moment in the war as Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with leaders of Russia and Ukraine.

The deal gives U.S. firms priority access to new investment projects involving resources such as aluminum, graphite, oil and natural gas.

Negotiators from Ukraine are in Washington ironing out the final details of an agreement to develop the country’s natural resources that they hope will strengthen their economic partnership with the US,