European leaders have issued a joint statement setting out support for Ukraine and Donald Trump's efforts to end the fighting - but a Russian spy chief has warned world security faces its "most fragile moment" since 1945.

Leaders of European nations, including Britain, France, Germany, Ukraine, and the European Union on Tuesday issued a joint statement setting out support for Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to end the fighting there.

European leaders Tuesday threw their support behind President Donald Trump's peace push for Ukraine, while reaffirming their red lines, as the Kremlin cast doubt on chances of an imminent summit between the US leader and Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to push Trump for additional long-range weapons capable of striking targets inside Russian territory when he meets with Trump in Washington at the White House on Friday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited to ask President Trump for more military aid as the war with Russia persists.

Ukraine and Russia should “stop at the battle lines” and end the war, U.S. President Donald Trump has said, suggesting that negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow should start on the basis of the current territorial situation.

The president suggested Ukraine would need to cede territory in the Donbas region as part of his proposed ceasefire deal with Russia.

After securing a Middle East peace deal between Israel and Hamas, President Donald Trump is now focused on ending the Russia–Ukraine war.