American President Donald Trump advised Ukraine to go on the offensive during a conversation with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, The Washington Post reports. In his July 4 phone call with Zelenskyy,

President Trump’s recent commitment to provide more aid to Ukraine could increase pressure on Russia to negotiate an end to the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacrificed an estimated 1 million of his soldiers, killed and wounded, in a three-year campaign to crush Ukraine.