President Donald Trump is warning that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine has to happen “soon,” or it may not happen “at all.”

The president made the comments during a joint press conference with the visiting United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday.

“I’m pleased to say that the bust of one of the Prime Minister’s greatest predecessors, Winston Churchill, is now back in the rightful place in the Oval Office, and we’re very proud of it. Our meeting today and the various breakout sessions we had were tremendously productive,” the president said.

“Most importantly, I provided the Prime Minister with an update on our efforts to end the bloody and horrible war in Ukraine with Russia, which would never have happened if I were President. That was not going to happen, I promise you that. After three years of fallacious conflict, approximately 1 million Ukrainians and Russians have been senselessly killed, but the number, I believe, is much higher than that,” Trump said.

“Countless schools, hospitals, towns, and beautiful ancient churches have been absolutely obliterated. To begin the process of ending this spiral of death, I had historic back-to-back calls with President Putin. Very successful calls, I might add,” he added.

“And President Zelensky and my team also spoke with the Secretary General of NATO on numerous occasions, and we’re working very hard to get that war brought to an end. I think we’ve made a lot of progress, and I think it’s moving along pretty rapidly. And I want to thank all of the people that are here that have been working on it, and we’ll let you know what happens. It’ll either be fairly soon or it won’t be at all. In addition, this week I met with President Macron of France, as you know, and held talks with members of the G7. Tomorrow, the progress toward peace will continue when President Zelensky visits the White House,” Trump noted further.

“He’ll be here tomorrow in the early part of the day, and we’ll be signing a historic agreement that will make the United States a major partner in developing Ukraine’s minerals and rare earths and oil and gases. And we have a great understanding. I think it’s going to be great for Ukraine. We’re going to be at the site, and we’ll be digging. We’ll be dig, dig, digging,” he said.