During the campaign, Trump boasted he could end the war in one day. Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations retorted that was impossible. On a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin a few days ago, Trump reportedly urged him not to escalate the war, according to The Washington Post. The Kremlin denied that any such call took place.

President-elect Trump has criticized the scale of U.S. military and financial support for Ukraine, vowing to end the war quickly, without saying how.