EPA/24TH MECHANIZED BRIGADE OF UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES/HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES] In a rebuke to the Americans, UK defence secretary John Healey warned: "There can be no negotiation about Ukraine without Ukraine and Ukraine's voice must be at the heart of any talks.
Volodymyr Zelensky said it was fair that America could talk to Russia but any peace deal involving Ukraine had to have Ukraine's input.
European leaders have been left fuming that they and Ukraine appear to have been cut out of talks by Trump before the peace process even started to end the three-year-old war.
Soldiers on the front line have told The Sun how they fear Ukraine could be handed over to Moscow in a peace deal.
US Defence Secretary Keith Hegseth said it was "unrealistic" for Ukraine to return to its 2014 borders before Putin invaded Crimea.