After meeting the Russian president, President Trump told European leaders he now favors giving up territory Ukraine controls to Russia to end the fighting, a concession Ukraine has long opposed.

In a phone call after his all-important meeting with Russian President Putin, President Trump told Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and European allies NATO-like security guarantees were discussed as part of a deal to end the war.

STRICKEN Ukraine will be forced to surrender large swathes of its eastern territory and forget about ever joining Nato under peace terms haggled by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The war-torn