As for Mr Trump, he again betrayed his underlying bias: sympathy for Russia and indifference to Ukraine. Ahead of the Geneva talks he dismissively said Mr Zelensky “can continue to fight his little heart out” if no agreement were reached, and complained on social media that “UKRAINE ‘LEADERSHIP’ HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says talks in Geneva over Washington’s draft plan to end the war in Ukraine have yielded “tremendous progress”. Officials from the United States, Ukraine, and national security advisers from France, the United Kingdom and Germany participated in the talks.

Top US diplomats will meet with Ukrainian and European officials in Geneva today as President Donald Trump presses forward with his Russia-Ukraine peace plan. Follow for live updates.

Any agreement would require sign off by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well as Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

The proposed trip is part of President Trump's push to get an agreement on Ukraine by Thanksgiving, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said.

Plastic items are seen next to an artwork by Canadian artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong, titled “The Thinker’s Burden”, during the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2), at the European ...