After a phone call Monday between Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Trump appears to be walking away from negotiations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

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ASPI Senior Analyst Malcolm Davis discusses US President Donald Trump’s current position on the war in Ukraine.

The US president told reporters he would know soon whether his Russian counterpart was "tapping us along". It came as the Kremlin offered to hold fresh negotiations with Kyiv officials in Istanbul.

President Trump on Monday backed off his demand that Russia declare an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine, instead endorsing President Vladimir V. Putin’s call for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and discussed the agreements reached between Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia,

Despite months of resisting President Donald Trump's peace process, the U.S. has yet to take a single concrete step to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin into ending his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Trump's erratic Ukraine policy has empowered Putin, confusing allies and undermining U.S. credibility while escalating the conflict.- Watch Video on English Oneindia

This week's prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine was the largest since the war’s onset. But skepticism of a lasting truce, and President Trump’s peace-making, remains. Bridget Brink resigned as ambassador to Ukraine in April,

Germany has given Ukraine the green light to strike targets inside Russia using long-range weapons supplied by Berlin, in a decision that signals a notable hardening of Western resolve as the war grinds on.

Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine has issued a bleak warning to Vladimir Putin about the Russian leader’s ongoing reluctance to reach a peace deal.The US president, who has expressed great sympathy for Moscow over its brutal invasion of its European neighbour,