The meeting could have major geopolitical implications: On Wednesday, Trump told European leaders he would try to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine.

“No deal until there’s a deal”: US President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin made “great progress” but did not emerge from today’s summit with a deal on the war in Ukraine.

Trump has signalled that he has fallen in line to gift wrap the mineral-rich Donbas in Ukraine’s east in return for silencing the guns on the frontier and stopping the drones and missiles.