Vladimir Putin is trying to trick Donald Trump and the US into delaying sanctions, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told Sky News.

Speaking to Sky News' Yalda Hakim at the Presidential Palace in Kyiv, the Ukrainian president was asked about the Russian and US leaders' summit in Alaska last month - and whether he thought it was a mistake.

"I think it gave a lot to Putin ," he said, "and I believe, if it was a trilateral meeting, we would have some result."

Image: Zelenskyy said Putin is 'doing everything he can to avoid sanctions'

During their summit in Alaska , the Russian leader is said to have told Mr Trump he wants the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions - and would give up other Ukrainian territories held by his troops in exchange.

Since then, the US president has res

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