Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump claims security guarantees for Kyiv 95% done but warns of ‘thorny issues’

Donald Trump hailed crucial peace talks between the US and Ukraine as “terrific”, but acknowledged “thorny issues” remained before a deal could be achieved over the war with Russia.

The two leaders gave little away during a press conference following the discussions, but Mr Trump said he believed “a lot of progress” had been made.

You can read the full report from Bryony Gooch and Nicole Wootton-Cane below:

Donald Trump said security guarantees for Ukraine were nearly finalised, with talks “close to 95 per cent” complete.

He admitted, however, that some “thorny issues”, especially the control of territory in the eastern Donbas region, remained unresolved.

Trump was speaking after hosting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida for talks, which both described as productive.

Further US-Ukraine talks are set for next week.

A Russian submarine was deployed alongside a spy ship to map critical undersea infrastructure around Britain, it has emerged.

An anti-submarine Merlin Mk2 helicopter could be seen from the photo tracking the Yantar in the Irish Sea from November last year; a British submarine also emerged from the surface nearby.

It is believed to be one of several operations where Russian submarines have accompanied the Yantar into waters close to the British Isles, according to The Sunday Times.

The Independent’s Bryony Gooch has this story:

A Russian court has sentenced a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin to to six years in prison on Thursday.

Sergei Udaltsov is the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes Putin and is also affiliated with the Communist Party.

Even as he tried to boast once again Sunday about his supposed record of peacemaking, it is becoming increasingly possible that Trump’s very public refusal to give up his hurt feelings could make a solution — or the political will to enact it — all the more difficult.

This ambitious project aims to supply energy for its lunar space programme and a joint research station with China, as global powers intensify their efforts in lunar exploration.

You can read the full report from today’s events below:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he and President Donald Trump made significant progress in talks, and agreed that US and Ukrainian teams would meet next week to finalise issues aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.

“We had a substantive conversation on all issues and highly value the progress that the Ukrainian and American teams have made over the past weeks,” Mr Zelensky said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.