Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Kier Starmer and Giorgia Meloni called for an "unconditional ceasefire" in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump is set to hold a call with Russia's Vladimir Putin. DW rounds up the latest.

Emmanuel Macron announced on platform X that he had spoken with President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Russian president Vladimir Putin is refusing to offer a timeline for peace talks despite Donald Trump saying negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow would begin “immediately”.The Kremlin quickly poured cold water on the US president's optimistic statements following a two-hour call with Mr Putin aimed at ending the war in Ukraine,

Merz was responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to hold direct talks with Ukraine in Turkey from Thursday. Turkey ready to host Ukraine-Russia peace talks Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron ...