Trump's promise, made during his election campaign, to resolve the war within 24 hours of taking office was vague, and his aides have since indicated that such a resolution could take months.Zelensky insisted that the war could not end unless Ukraine is part of the negotiations:  "Otherwise it will not work. Because Russia does not want to end the war, while Ukraine wants to end it." He also expressed uncertainty about how a deal could materialize, noting that even Trump himself might not fully understand the details. "I believe President Trump himself does not know all the details. Because I would say so much depends on what sort of just peace we can achieve. And whether Putin wants, in principle, to stop the war.