Ukrainian president dismisses claims by Russian leader - parroted by Donald Trump - that thousands of Kyiv’s troops are surrounded in Kursk

Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow late on Thursday

Talks in Saudi Arabia produced a commitment that the US would renew intelligence and ‘security support’

Russia has ramped up its attempts to try and push Ukrainian troops out of the region in the past weej

The talks in Saudi Arabia produced a commitment that the US would renew intelligence and ‘security support’

Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss the ceasefire

The US President said a peace deal was now ‘up to Russia’, but Moscow sources said the agreement was ‘difficult to accept’

Trump tells Putin ‘it takes two to tango’ over truce – but Russian sources say Kremlin is unlikely to embrace deal