BRUSSELS: EU foreign ministers will hold emergency talks on Monday to discuss their next steps before talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, as Europe fears any deal made without Ukraine could force unacceptable compromises. The two leaders will meet in the US state of Alaska on Friday to try to resolve the three-year war but the European Union has insisted that Kyiv and European powers should be part of any deal to end the conflict.

US Vice-President Vance is in the UK for talks, as European officials present their own proposals for ending the conflict with Russia.

European officials presented their own Ukraine peace proposals to the U.S. as Trump prepared for talks with Putin on ending the war.