Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to stop all military activity in Ukraine for 30 hours, from 6pm Moscow time (4pm in the UK) on Saturday until midnight on Sunday.
Zelensky said that Ukrainian soldiers were “responding everywhere as the enemy deserves”.
The US has brokered negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in recent months but the talks have failed to bear fruit – except for a ceasefire in Black Sea which is considered largely inconsequential to the course of the war.
Yesterday, Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the US would walk away from negotiations if there were no clear signs of progress soon.
“If it’s not possible, if we’re so far apart that this is not going to happen, then I think the president is probably at a point where he’s going to say, ‘well, we’re done’.”
Russia ‘in no rush’ to end the war
However, Russia is widely considered to be stalling talks, with little incentive to bring the conflict to a close.
These include a security service veteran who is particularly disliked in Kyiv for his role at the start of the war, according to Bloomberg.
Ukrainian rescuers stand inside a damaged apartment following a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv on 18 April 2025. Photo: Sergey Bobok/AFP)
Russia wants not only to gain permanent control of large swathes of territory, but also ensure Ukraine’s military teeth are removed; reducing the size of its army, banning it from joining Nato and preventing it from receiving military support from allies.
Throughout the talks, it has ramped up attacks on Ukraine, also reducing the likelihood of a ceasefire.
“The economic situation is causing some tensions, but most estimates are that the Russian economy can be managed for at least another year to 18 months before there starts to be major problems,” he previously told The i Paper, and Putin is under “very little domestic pressure in terms of the losses of the war”.
The US President is currently attempting to broker an agreement on nuclear weapons with Tehran, saying Iran “can’t have a nuclear weapon” and that there would be “trouble” if the talks do not bear fruit.
The deal had placed limitations on its nuclear programme in exchange for relief from sanctions, but effectively collapsed when Trump withdrew – and has led to significant advances in Iran’s nuclear capability in the years since.
Pinfold said it was important to note that it was “the US and Israel that killed that deal, not Iran”.
Trump discussed his efforts to curb Iranian nuclear progress during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on 7 April. Israel is the US’s key ally in the region and has not ruled out further strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. (Photo by Saul Loeb/ AFP)While Iran almost certainly does not yet have nuclear weapons, it does have some of the capabilities needed to create a bomb, including the ballistic missiles that could theoretically be used to carry nuclear warheads, and uranium supplies, Janes said.
Tehran says its nuclear programme “only serves peaceful purposes” and that “nuclear weapons have no place in our doctrine”.
US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is leading negotiations with Iran, led by foreign minsiter Abbas Araqchi (Photos: Mandel Ngan and Amer Hilabi/AFP/Getty)Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi negotiated for four hours in Rome on Saturday with Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, via an Omani official who shuttled messages between them.
Pinfold said Trump had made the job harder through his withdrawal from the previous deal.
“This is why the US has stepped up attacks on the Houthis – it’s a way to keep Iran under pressure whilst avoiding a direct escalation like air strikes on Iran that would mean a deal would no longer be possible.”
Trade wars watered down
But he was forced to retreat in his trade wars after the global economy went into shock, with the stock market plummeting and billions of pounds being wiped off the value of UK pension pots.
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But after the turbulence showed no signs of abating, Trump announced a 90 day pause on his tariffs – and quietly watered down the measures imposed on China.
However, the US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has indicated further levies will be placed on the goods at a later date.
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