Ukraine war latest: Trump still hopeful he can 'solve' war despite Putin admission on UK visit

Shortly after Donald Trump made those comments on Vladimir Putin (see previous post), Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on social media calling for pressure to be ramped up on the Russian president.

"Strong pressure does work," he wrote in a post on X after thanking Australia for lowering the price cap on Russian oil and sanctioning vessels in its shadow fleet.

"Now we look forward to a strong 19th EU sanctions package and decisive steps from the United States.

"Russia will stop the war only if pressure against it is sufficiently painful."

Donald Trump took aim at Vladimir Putin when asked about the Russian president in his news conference at Chequers yesterday afternoon.

He told reporters that Putin "really let me down" but still maintained optimism that the US will be able to help bring the war between Russia and Ukraine to an end.

Read his answer in full below:

I'm very honoured to tell you that we've solved seven wars, seven wars, wars that were unsolvable, wars that couldn't be negotiated or done. The US has done seven of them. The one that I thought would be easiest would be because of my relationship with President Putin. But he's let me down. He's really let me down. But we'll see how that turns out. I thought it might be among the easiest of the group, but we settle just about every conflict. And, as you know, we're working very hard on Israel and Gaza. All that's happening over there, complex. But it's going to get done, we'll get it done and likewise, Russia and Ukraine will get done.

You can also watch the moment in the video below.

Welcome back to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine.

Donald Trump is back on American soil after his state visit to the United Kingdom, but the moment didn't pass without the US president telling reporters his thoughts on Vladimir Putin.

Speaking alongside the UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump told reporters Putin has "let me down" and claimed that Russian soldiers "are being killed at a higher rate than the Ukrainian soldiers".

His comments came as Volodymyr Zelenskyy once again called on increased pressure on Russia to end the war, adding that Ukraine is "looking forward" to the EU's 19th sanctions package.

Stay with us as we bring you updates throughout the day.

And catch up on the state visit with the video below...

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Scroll back to catch up on the day's main developments, including Volodymyr Zelenskyy's plea for "protection of the European skies" from Ukraine's allies as he revealed Russia had used more than 3,500 drones, 190 missiles and 2,500 aerial bombs during attacks on the country since the start of September.

Zelenskyy also told Paste BN's Yalda Hakim that Vladimir Putin was tricking Donald Trump as he called for a "clear position" from the US president on ending the war during a sit-down interview in Kyiv.

Watch the moment Zelenskyy urged Trump to get tough with Moscow...

And read our full story on the interview...

Here are some of the latest images from Ukraine's capital city Kyiv.

They show emergency services working to extinguish a fire at a supermarket that was hit during a Russian aerial attack.

Alexander Lukashenko says Belarus and Russia are "not planning to threaten anyone" after wrapping up the end of five days of war drills.

The war games have unnerved some surrounding countries and prompted international concern as they coincided with Russian violations of Polish and Romanian airspace.

"We are practising everything there," Lukashenko told Belarusian state agency Belta.

"They [the West] know this too, we are not hiding it. From firing conventional small arms to nuclear warheads. 

"Again, we must be able to do all this. Otherwise, why would they be on Belarusian territory?

"But we are absolutely not planning to threaten anyone with this."

The Belarusian defence ministry confirmed in a statement that the use of tactical nuclear weapons had been rehearsed along with the deployment of Russia's intermediate-range Oreshnik ballistic missile.

Ahead of Donald Trump's second state visit to the UK this week, lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim has asked Volodymyr Zelenskyy what message he wants to send to the US president.

He says there are three things that he hopes can be discussed between Trump and Sir Keir Starmer over the coming days, including on the key issue of security guarantees for Ukraine.

Watch his response here...

The governor of Kharkiv has accused Russia of trying to inflict "maximum harm on civilians" with its aerial attack on the city this morning.

Oleh Synyehubov said four people were injured after Moscow "attacked with several UAVs, some of which were shot down".

In our last post, presidential aide Andriy Yermak shared footage of what he said was a Russian strike on a building in Kharkiv, showing an explosion and debris flying into the air.

"This facility had no connection to the military or defence industry - it is exclusively a civilian building in the central part of the city," Synyehubov said.

"Obviously, the enemy's goal was to inflict maximum harm on civilians."

Volodymyr Zelenskyy's top aide Andriy Yermak has shared footage online of what he says is a Russian strike on a neighbourhood in Kharkiv.

The video shows a projectile hitting the roof of a building and people running away as debris flies into the air.

Posting on Telegram, Kharkiv governor Oleh Synyehubov said: "The strike was carried out in broad daylight, near the city centre.

"Four people were injured: three women aged 51, 52, and 54, and an 89-year-old man. All are in stable condition."

Russia's defence ministry says its drones struck a gas distribution station serving Ukraine's military in the Sumy region.

It described the facility as a gas intake, storage and distribution point used by Ukrainian combat and rear units.

Earlier, Ukraine's military said it struck a Russian oil refinery during an overnight attack in the Saratov region (see 10.30 post).