U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker on Russia's demands stalling peace talks, the 'cards' President Trump can use to encourage peace and a report that the Pentagon is preventing Ukraine from using long-range missiles to attack Russia.

In the most detailed Russian-based reporting to date on Putin's offer at the Alaska summit, Reuters was able to outline the contours of what the Kremlin would like to see in a possible peace deal.

US President Donald Trump started the week declaring a diplomatic breakthrough in his bid to prod Moscow and Kyiv closer to peace, announcing he had begun arranging for direct talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.