President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had approved sending U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine and was considering additional sanctions on Moscow, underscoring his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the growing death toll in Russia's war with Ukraine.

The president promised he would end the war before he even took office. Instead Putin is slaughtering more Ukrainian civilians.

The president also acknowledged that his plan to cajole Russia's president into ending the war in Ukraine has "turned out to be tougher."