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Mr Putin had told Mr Trump in a phone call earlier on Tuesday that he would temporarily stop attacking Ukrainian energy facilities and claimed to have issued orders along these lines. During the call ...

Meanwhile the Kremlin has accused Ukraine of attempting to “disrupt” a 30-day limited ceasefire on energy targets by launching a “deliberate” attack on one of Putin’s major oil facilities.

Earlier, No 10 had welcomed Trump’s progress toward a ceasefire, but the UK remains committed to standing firmly behind Ukraine. Just hours after Vladimir Putin announced a 30-day halt to ...