Russia is not impressed by Donald Trump’s threat of sanctions. The Kremlin told Russian media Thursday that Trump’s demands to immediately end the war in Ukraine did not move the needle in Moscow—despite the president warning he will further cripple Russia’s economy.

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,