Having first met Russia's leader Vladimir Putin and then his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in August, US President Donald Trump said Washington would have a clear picture of whether an end to Moscow's war in Ukraine is attainable within half a month.

"We will know within two weeks whether there will be peace in Ukraine. After that we will have to maybe take a different tack," Trump said on 21 August.

He did not elaborate on what that would entail, but Russia’s intentions in its all-out invasion of Ukraine have not changed since.

WHAT HAPPENED ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS?

Russia has intensified its summer offensive in eastern Ukraine, aiming at occupying all of the Donetsk region — Moscow’s prime target since the first invasion of 2014.

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