Ukraine claims Russia has broken its own cease-fire more than 734 times since it took effect Thursday, Ukraine said.

As the clock approached the time the Kremlin said its guns would fall silent for three days, the men at the National Guard monitoring center in eastern Ukraine had absolutely no faith in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ceasefire.

The Trump administration has said it wants to pull apart Russia and China, but the two countries need each other too much.

The two leaders, meeting in Moscow, rejected what they described as Washington’s attempt to contain them. They also hailed their friendship.