Kremlin aide smacks down Trump's claim he'd end Ukraine war: 'Too complicated'

A top Kremlin aide weighed in on the upcoming U.S. presidential election Friday, saying that Vladmir Putin wants a president who is going to be "more constructive" towards Russia, NBC News reported.

In an interview, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said his boss would be ready to work with “anyone who will understand that from now on, you have to be more careful with Russia and you have to take into account its concerns.”

In regards to Trump's oft-made claim that he would immediately end the war in Ukraine if he becomes president, Peskov said the issue was "too complicated" for such an easy solution.

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Peskov also blamed the U.S. for prolonging the war by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars “into the wind” with its military aid to Ukraine.

“You have to understand your responsibility for this,” Peskov said. “You are making this conflict longer.”

Read the full report over at NBC News.