Trump's plan held that the United States would recognize Ukraine's Crimea and sovereign Russian territory, departing from an 85-year-long policy of the US not recognize annexed territory as belonging to the aggressor.

Donald Trump launched a new attack on Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday night, blasting the Ukrainian leader for “inflammatory statements” that he claimed were undermining peace talks – after Zelensky reiterated that he would not recognise Russian control of occupied Ukrainian territories.

Russia said it was open to discussing a ceasefire with Ukraine, but could not do so because of Kyiv's ban on talks with Moscow.