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Putin's comments follow the latest flurry of meetings set in motion by US President Donald Trump in what has been the most intense diplomatic push to stop the fighting since Russia launched its war against Ukraine nearly four years ago.

Irish navy ship spotted suspicious drones near the flight path of Zelenskyy’s aircraft as he landed on Monday in Ireland, local media reported. What we know on day 1,3811

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged Putin to “stop wasting the world’s time,” while the UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper called on the Russian leader to “end the bluster and the bloodshed and be ready to come to the table and to support a just and lasting peace”.

In the 21st-century imbalance of power, Europe and Nato have neither the arms nor the wealth to impel Russia or the US to take its peace settlement seriously, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

European leaders criticised Washington’s approach to peace talks in leaked transcript of call

Trump said their impression was that Putin wants "to see the war ended," but it wasn't clear what progress had been made in the talks.

Russian leader’s rejection of latest peace proposal was predictable and shows the Kremlin continues to hold the trump card

Editorial: Washington’s betrayal of its allies has been averted for now, but preparations must be made for a world where its support cannot be relied on

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: By entertaining a Ukrainian peace deal whose miserable terms not even a desperate US president could accept – before then promptly abandoning it – Moscow is stalling for time. The coalition of the willing must put more pressure on the faltering Russian economy