Ukrainian president ready to join Putin-Trump summit and asks for additional anti-missile batteries, paid for with frozen Russian assets

• Trump suggests carving up Ukraine’s Donbas region to end war after meeting with Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for the delivery of an additional 25 US Patriot anti-missile batteries amid the rapidly escalating air war with Russia, as it became clear that Donald Trump had once again tacked sharply towards Moscow.

The Ukrainian president added that he would be ready to join Vladimir Putin and Trump at their summit in Hungary if he was invited.