Sir Keir Starmer had travelled to Kyiv alongside his French, German and Polish counterparts for talks with President ...

"Think of the hundreds of thousands of lives that will be saved as this never ending 'bloodbath' hopefully comes to an end...

"We propose to the Kyiv authorities to resume the talks that they broke off in 2022, and, I emphasise, without any preconditions," Putin said.

"An unconditional ceasefire is not preceded by negotiations," French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters on May 11.