Trump promised peace in 100 days, but Russia's violence against Ukraine has only escalated

U.S. President Donald Trump's promise to negotiate a peace in Ukraine within his first 100 days in office has collided with an unavoidable truth — a slew of Russian attacks during this time have spiked civilian death tolls, and a peace deal is still out of reach. "There is no point in negotiating," Maria Rumiantseva told the Kyiv Independent last week, after a missile strike on Kyiv killed her neighbor and stranded her and her family in a wrecked apartment. "(Russian President Vladimir Putin)