Trump categorically ruled out Zelensky's hope to see Ukraine join NATO and indicated he has no desire to see Crimea returned to Ukrainian rule.

At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.

Donald Trump has told Volodymyr Zelensky that he can “almost immediately” end Russia’s war on Ukraine if he abandons his Nato ambitions and agrees not to reclaim Crimea.

Trump categorically ruled out Zelenskyy's desire to see Ukraine join NATO and indicated he has no desire to see Crimea returned to Ukrainian rule.

Trump’s friendly meeting with Putin, which took place in Alaska on Friday, was a setback for Ukraine and its European allies. But Kyiv was left with one glimmer of hope: a U.S. proposal to create security guarantees for Ukraine, designed to deter future Russian aggression.

Donald Trump slammed the "Fake News" media and other politicians in his tirade, also putting the onus on Zelensky to seal a ceasefire deal - it comes after Trump's meeting with Putin on Friday

Both Russia and Ukraine carried out overnight air attacks, a daily occurrence, while fighting raged on the front. Trump told Fox he would postpone imposing tariffs on China for buying Russian oil, but he might have to “think about it” in two or three weeks.

President Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders on Monday following his controversial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on

VLADIMIR Putin is said to have agreed for the US and Europe to provide “game-changing” security guarantees to Ukraine. Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, confirmed the deal

Critics warned that other world leaders were powerless to stop Volodymyr Zelensky being caught 'with his head in a vice' by the American and Russian leaders when he visits Mr Trump.