Critics warned that other world leaders were powerless to stop Volodymyr Zelensky being caught 'with his head in a vice' by the American and Russian leaders when he visits Mr Trump.

The US president demanded a ceasefire before he met Putin. His change of mind flies in the face of what Europe and Ukraine want.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia refusing to accept a ceasefire was complicating efforts to end Moscow's more than three-year-long conflict against his country.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested that the European venue for the potential summit could be a place where discussions take place on a permanent basis.

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As things stand, there are no invites for the country being invaded, nor the continent it sits in, writes James Waterhouse.

Details of the Russian president’s demands for Ukrainian territory come ahead of Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with Donald Trump in Washington on Monday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be in Berlin on Wednesday to personally take part in video conferences on the upcoming meeting in Alaska between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump over the war in Ukraine.