Russian President Vladimir Putin is still pushing his troops forwards into Ukraine.

The Kremlin has confirmed that it will continue its full-scale invasion of Ukraine throughout autumn in a major blow to Donald Trump’s peace efforts.

The US president has repeatedly declared that Russia wants to end the war, even going as far as to tell Emmanuel Macron that Vladimir Putin “wants to make a deal for me” in a bizarre hot mic moment.

While Trump did meet Putin face-to-face in Alaska earlier this month, he has still failed to get any substantial concessions from the Russian leader.

On August 21, he said he would know “within two weeks” if Putin was serious about entering negotiations.

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