Trump said he has received "strong signals" that Russia is ready for peace. However, the country continues its attacks as the U.S. paused intelligence-sharing with Ukraine on Wednesday.

The US president read out a letter he said he'd received from his Ukrainian counterpart, in which he agreed to "come to the negotiating table".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “is still very, very far away."

U.S. President Donald Trump will tell the U.S. Congress on Tuesday that he is working to end the Russia-Ukraine war, according to excerpts from his speech released by the White House. Trump also said that later this week he will announce an expansion of production of critical minerals and rare earths in the United States,