The UK and France have urged Russia's President Vladimir Putin to prove he wants a peace deal with Ukraine, ahead of talks between Putin and Donald Trump on Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the "courage" of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenksy in agreeing to a ceasefire proposal,

President Donald Trump is set to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he looks to get buy-in on a U.S. ceasefire proposal that he hopes can create a pathway to ending Russia’s devastating war on Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russia's Vladimir Putin on Tuesday morning about ending the Ukraine war, with territorial concessions by Kyiv and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant likely to feature prominently in the talks.