The president repeatedly said on the campaign trail that he would bring an end to the war in the first 24 hours of his second term.

US President Donald Trump admitted that in his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he did not make progress on the issue of ending the war in Ukraine, according to his statement while speaking to journalists at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington.

President Trump said on Thursday that a phone call with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had not resulted in any movement toward ending the war in Ukraine, adding that he was “not happy” with the conflict grinding on. “I didn’t make any progress with him at all,” Mr. Trump told reporters.