Advisers to US President-elect Donald Trump have conceded that the process of ending the Russo-Ukrainian war will take months or even longer, rather than the one day Trump had promised during his election campaign.

The timeline significantly diverges from Trump's pre-election pledges to conclude the Russo-Ukrainian war within a day. Read also: Trump to inherit robust Ukraine policy from Biden - US State Secretary Two unnamed Trump associates stated that the 24-hour promise was a combination of "campaign bluster and a lack of appreciation of the

Russia’s nearly three-year invasion of Ukraine has become a “war of attrition” and a “stalemate” that must be ended, Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of state,

"Russians greeted Trump's victory with great enthusiasm. They think that because there are people around Trump who are naive about Russia's threat to the United States, Trump will be willing to impose a peace that enables Putin to take political control of Ukraine.