US President Donald Trump said he believes both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky want the war to end soon. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump called Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a "disgrace", in an interview published Thursday

"Well, I think that's a disgrace," Trump told broadcaster Newsmax when asked about Ukraine's renewed strikes, adding that they were driving up global energy prices.

The 80-year-old US leader took aim at his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, asserting that he was less willing than Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach a compromise to end the war.

"It should end soon. I think they actually both would like to see it end," Trump said to Newsmax.