It used to be 24 hours,” Lavrov said of Trump’s pledge to end the Russia-Ukraine war within his first day in office. “It used to be 100 days. We have been through all of this and we really want to understand what motivates the president of the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to ramp up arms shipments to Ukraine is a signal to Kyiv to abandon peace efforts, Russia said on Thursday, vowing it would not accept the "blackmail" of Washington's new sanctions ultimatum.