President Donald Trump said he asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help end the Russia-Ukraine war during a recent call the two leaders had.

The Kyiv Independent reported that Trump made his claim while speaking with reporters at the White House on Tuesday.

“He’s not done very much on that,” Trump said. “He’s got a lot of … power, like we have a lot of power. I said, ‘You ought to get it settled.’ We did discuss it.”

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