US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin

Donald Trump has finally admitted that Vladimir Putin is not “looking to stop” his brutal invasion of Ukraine.

The two leaders spoke over the phone on Thursday amid the US president’s faltering attempts to negotiate a peace deal between the warring countries.

More than three years since he launched a full offensive on Ukraine in a land grab, Russian counterpart has repeatedly dragged his heels over any proposed peace talks with his beleaguered neighbour.

Since Trump was sworn into office in January, he has tried to negotiate any kind of deal – even offering terms very favourable to Putin.

But Russia has repeatedly come up with a long list of conditions to delay any truce.

So it was a notable moment when US president admitted to reporters overnight: “I didn’t make any progress with him [Putin] today at all.”

He said he is still “not happy” about the war in Ukraine after they discussed it on their........

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