US President Donald Trump has criticised Vladimir Putin over the latest deadly air strikes on Ukraine, signalling frustration with Moscow even as the White House steps up pressure on Kyiv to acknowledge a de facto change in its borders.

The Kremlin said it reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if it faces aggression by Western countries. Overnight, Moscow attacked Kyiv, killing at least eight people.

President Trump called on Russia and Ukraine to hold high-level negotiations to end the war, saying that talks toward a deal have gone well.

Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had “called” him, despite denials from Beijing that talks to ease trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies had started. The US president also made the claim that he had sealed “200 deals” on trade,

The president was cryptic about the deals he says he's reached but said he would give more details in a few weeks.

President Donald Trump asserted on Thursday that trade talks between the U.S. and China are underway, pushing back against Chinese claims that no discussions have taken place to ease the ongoing trade war.

Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in what Trump has called a key moment in diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump today issued a rare broadside against Russian President Vladimir Putin as he continued to try to drive both Russia and Ukraine toward ending the war. To tell the Truth: “Vladimir,