Trump said he will push Putin for a ceasefire but has lowered expectations that an immediate deal will be struck at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

President Donald Trump’s attempts to give peace a chance with Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to be going predictably poorly.

From the Baltic to the Barents sea, Russian and Belarusian troops, tanks and aircraft are massing in battle formation. On the Nato side of the border, Poland has deployed 40,000 troops in readiness to repel a Russian attack.

Trump says it ‘takes two to tango’ over lack of progress on Putin-Zelensky talks - Trump says Zelensky ‘has to make a deal’ and refused to criticise Putin for stalling peace talks

Donald Trump has threatened Vladimir Putin with crippling new sanctions, but requires Nato to take action first. In a letter to Nato nations, the US President urged them to stop buying Russian oil and impose major sanctions on Russia to end its war in Ukraine.

The Alaskan summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that started with a greeting on the tarmac shortly afterward turned into a bilateral meeting behind closed doors.

The high stakes bilateral meeting is aimed at advancing a potential ceasefire agreement in the war in Ukraine.