Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered a blunt message to Donald Trump after the US president dropped his demands for a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Trump’s dramatic U-turn came after he held talks with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will have to stop the killing of civilians in Ukraine and the fire on the front if he really wants some kind of peace agreement, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

The contact line is the best line” for negotiations, Ukrainian president said ahead of talks in Washington with Trump on Monday.