The US president said a peace agreement would be better than a "mere" ceasefire, hours after summit with Putin that produced little.

Former Vice President Mike Pence implored President Trump to dramatically ratchet up pressure against Russian strongman Vladimir Putin to cut a peace deal with Ukraine and accused the Kremlin tyrant of successfully managing to "delay the game.

Before and after the summit between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Ukraine has been assaulted with a barrage of Russian drone attacks and bombs.

Speaking after Friday’s summit, President Putin again implied that the war is all about Russia’s diminished status since the fall of the Soviet Union.