KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow on Thursday of shirking a meeting between him and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, despite US-led attempts to arrange a summit to end the war. US President Donald Trump is trying to end Russia’s three-and-a-half year invasion of Ukraine by bringing both Zelensky and Putin to the negotiating table. But despite high-profile talks with Putin in Alaska last week and separate meetings with Zelensky and European leaders in Washington on Monday, there has been little tangible progress toward a peace deal.

US president proposes Putin-Zelenskyy summit in latest push to end the war in Ukraine.

The US president conceded the war in Ukraine was "tough to solve" after several days of high-level talks.