US President Donald Trump said on Thursday Washington is holding talks with ​Moscow and Beijing aimed at denuclearizing ‌the countries with the biggest stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

Russia has the most stored nuclear warheads followed by ​the United States and China, according to ​the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The ⁠US outpaces Russia on its number of ​deployed warheads.

During an interview with Newsmax, Trump said ​he expects China to “catch up” with the US within the next five years.

“The whole thing is a shame, ​because I’d love to denuclearize if possible, ​but we’re actually talking to Russia about that, and ‌we’re ⁠talking to China about that denuclearization,” Trump told the outlet.

Newsmax reported that Trump had spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping about denuclearization.

Trump’s comments ​come months ​after the ⁠Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty expired earlier this year.

The New START treaty signed ​in 2010 allowed one single extension, which ​was ⁠agreed by former President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin for five years. Any ⁠new ​extension would require an executive ​decision to voluntarily extend the limits of the treaty.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview on Wednesday ​that it was “painful” when Donald ‌Trump took another side in Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia, after the US President said ​Zelenskiy should be replaced.

Zelenskiy told ​Piers Morgan Uncensored: “It’s painful when President Trump ⁠chooses one side, not our side.”

He ​also said that he was OK ​with Trump being in the middle of Ukraine and Russia, but added: “If you are in the ​middle, you have to stay in ​the middle.”

Asked if he felt betrayed by Trump, ‌who ⁠at the weekend called for Ukraine to get a new president having agreed to lift sanctions on Russian diesel exports, Zelenskiy ​replied: “Really, yes … ​but it’s ⁠a little bit more complicated than just my emotions or ​my feelings.”

“It’s a pity we ​are ⁠losing (a) strong partner,” he added.

Zelenskiy also said: “We are not selling our country … it’s ⁠not ​about business for us, ​it’s just our life and this is our country.”

Hospitals across Yemen are struggling to cope with a sharp rise in war casualties ​as intensified fighting along multiple front lines ‌strains its already fragile health system, the Red Cross said on Wednesday.

Front-line hospitals in areas including Marib, Taiz ​and Yemen’s Red Sea coast were seeing unprecedented ​numbers of weapon-wounded patients, with some facilities ⁠admitting more than 700 casualties in a single ​week, according to the humanitarian agency, Reuters reported.

More than 200,000 people ​have been displaced from their homes since fighting in the country began in recent weeks, sparked by renewed fighting between ​the Iran-backed Houthi group and Saudi-backed government ​forces in Yemen, according to the United Nations’ International Organization ‌for ⁠Migration.

“Trauma care staff are under enormous pressure,” ICRC health coordinator Feras Abusamra said in a statement. Only a small proportion of Yemen’s functioning health facilities ​are capable ​of providing ⁠comprehensive trauma care, he said, while hospitals face large numbers of wounded people amid ​shortages of surgical supplies, anesthesia, oxygen ​and medicines.

Yemen’s ⁠health services, battered by more than a decade of conflict, economic crisis, displacement and disease outbreaks, ⁠may ​have limited capacity to absorb a ​new surge in mass casualties if fighting intensifies further, the ​ICRC warned.