Donald Trump says that he can see "success" on a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine with talks going "smoothly" but he has continued to put pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky. The US leader said today that “Crimea will stay with Russia” which was another example of how he is trying to get Ukraine to make concessions to end the war while the country remains under siege.

Zelensky said the provision appeared after an "appropriate strategy" was proposed during a London meeting and that he believes Trump is directly responsible.

Zelensky was speaking at a press conference in South Africa during his visit there on Thursday and emphasized that he remained open to everything Ukraine's partners suggested to b

U.S. President Donald Trump accused Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky of jeopardizing peace talks to end the war because the European nation would never recognize Russia's occupation of the Crimean Peninsula.

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy stiffened his opposition to any concessions to Russia after Moscow carried out the biggest air strike so far this year. President Donald Trump has continued to press Zelenskiy to accept a peace deal,