Donald Trump says he believes Russia has "the cards" in any peace talks to end the war in Ukraine because Russia has "taken a lot of territory". The US president told the BBC he trusted that Moscow wants to see an end to the war, which Russia started when it waged a full-scale invasion almost three years ago.

US President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ‘has no cards’ and is not very important in peace talks with Russia. Trump launched his latest attack at Zelensky on Friday, three days after US and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia and did not invite Ukraine’s leader.

As Trump is pushing for an immediate resolution to the three-year-long war and Russia is happy about it, US and Russian officials held their first mee