The truth is, he believed me 10%,' Trump said of the threat he made to Putin that he would bomb Moscow if Russia invaded Ukraine.

Russia’s attacks on Ukraine are escalating, both on the front lines and across urban centres. Ben Hall, the FT’s Europe editor, talks to military analyst Franz-Stefan Gady about Ukraine’s battle to hold onto territory until a ceasefire can be agreed. Clips: Channel 4; ABC

Trump says he approved sending defensive weapons to Ukraine. President Donald Trump commented further on Tuesday about the apparent reversal on sending more weapon

Donald Trump told a private gathering of donors last year that he once sought to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from attacking Ukraine by threatening to “bomb the sh*t out of Moscow” in retaliation,

President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Trump says Moscow’s ongoing war in Ukraine is “killing a lot of people” on both sides.

The US will have to send more weapons to Ukraine because it is getting “hit very hard now”, Donald Trump has vowed in a major U-turn on military assistance."We have to," Mr Trump said. "They have to be able to defend themselves.

Valery Gergiev, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin, is set to conduct in Western Europe for the first time since institutions there cut ties over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.