Donald Trump has said a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine could be “next” after holding talks with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.
The US president was speaking immediately after announcing that he had signed a memorandum to bring an end to the Iran war.
Trump has had “good conversations” with Putin and Zelensky on Sunday, he said, adding that both leaders are open to “do something” about bringing an end to the war.
He was speaking while meeting French president Emmanuel Macron for a bilateral meeting with the French president.
The summit comes as Russian advances in Ukraine have slowed and Ukraine seeks more military funding from its allies, amid a barrage of attacks on Kyiv.
Meanwhile, a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber plane has crashed in Siberia’s Irkutsk region during a training flight, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
The nuclear-capable Tu-22 is a Soviet-era supersonic bomber that Russia has since used for combat missions in Syria and Ukraine.
Unverified footage on social media showed a plane nose-diving into a wooded area near the Angara river, producing a huge column of smoke.
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