Moscow said Friday that peace talks with Kyiv were on "pause" as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin still had plans to try to capture the whole of Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump warned meanwhile that he was fast running out of patience with Putin, who has shown no intention of halting or slowing his ground offensive or barrage of aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities.
The latest setback to the faltering diplomacy comes as Russia's army staged major military drills with its key ally Belarus, and as NATO said it planned to bolster forces on its eastern flank after Russian drones were downed over Poland this week.
Despite Trump forcing the warring sides to open peace talks and hosting Putin in Alaska, there has been no significant pro