Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin should hold a joint meeting. The leaders should discuss ending the war in Ukraine during the negotiations, states US President Donald Trump.

Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelenskyy said in an interview that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “little bit scared" of President Donald Trump.

The US president urged the two leaders to work together to achieve peace following nearly three years of conflict. Meanwhile, France's president plans to warn Trump against showing weakness toward Putin.

US President Donald Trump was right to re-establish links with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to set up peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, a senior Labour minister has said. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said there could be "no negotiated peace without Russia" and that Trump's approach had brought "Russians to the table".

The Kremlin on Sunday hailed dialogue between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin — two "extraordinary" presidents — as "promising", and vowed it would "never" give up territory seized in eastern Ukraine.