India, Dec. 12 -- United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday (local time) that the ongoing war in Ukraine risks escalating into a 'world war' with as many as 25,000 people, both soldiers and civilians, dying last month and that he would like to "see the killing stop".

"I'd like to see the killing stop. Twenty-five thousand people died last month - soldiers, mostly soldiers, but some people also, where bombs were dropped. But for the most part, 25,000 soldiers died last month. I would love to see it stop," Trump said while talking to reporters at the White House.

He added that the United States is working "very hard" to stop the war in Ukraine.

"Things like this end up in third world wars. And I told that the other day. I sai...