Trump declared dozens of times that he would have a deal in place between Ukraine and Russia on his first day in office, if not before. His advisers now concede the war will take months to resolve. "I really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon to get that war ended,

Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.

As Ukraine's president discussed peacekeeping forces needed to enforce any ceasefire and U.S. President Donald Trump urged an end to three years of war, Ukrainian officials were courting private investors this week to help rebuild the country.

President Trump told the World Economic Forum that he wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin soon in order to discuss a possible peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Why it matters: Ending the war is one of Trump's primary foreign policy objectives.