United States President Donald Trump on Monday voiced frustration over ongoing violence in Ukraine as his administration continues to pursue a deal to end the three-year war.Im not happy about whats going on in Ukraine, Trump told reporters at the White House, saying that theyre bombing like crazy right now, even as he claimed the parties were sort of close to a deal.Trump did not single out Russia specifically in his comments, but the Russian military has launched a number of deadly strikes against Ukraine over the past week, including a Friday strike onKryvyi Rih that killed 14 people.Describing the situation as not good, Trump said: Were meeting with Russia, were meeting with Ukraine, and were getting sort of close, but Im not happy with all the bombing thats gone on in the last week or so.Its horrible.
Its a horrible thing, he added.In March, Trump said he was pissed off with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On Sunday, he told reporters: Wed like them to stop.
I dont like the bombing.His comments came hours after the Kremlin said it supported the idea of a truce but still had many questions about how a ceasefire would work pushing back on United States and European accusations that it was stalling for time.Despite Trumps campaign promise to bring peace to Ukraine within 24 hours of returning to office in January, Russia has continued its strikes unabated.Putin in March rejected a joint United States -Ukrainian proposal for an unconditional, full ceasefire.AFP contributed reporting.