Donald Trump was “disappointed” by a phone call with Vladimir Putin, after the Russian president rejected his call for a ceasefire. The pair spoke for less than an hour on Thursday — a short conversation by their standards — as Mr Trump faces mounting pressure to push Putin to end the war.

By Gram Slattery, Dan Peleschuk and Dmitry AntonovWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said early on Friday he came away disappointed from a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin because it does not appear the latter is looking to stop Russia's war against Ukraine.

The call, which lasted nearly an hour, yielded no progress. “I didn’t make any progress with him at all,” the US President said.