US defence minister meets Nato counterparts in Brussels after Trump says he is ready to negotiate a Ukrainian ceasefire with Russia

• Trump says he has spoken to Putin and agreed to negotiate Ukraine ceasefire

Poland’s Europe minister Adam Szłapka told Polish broadcaster TVN24 this morning that he was “concerned” by the message on peace talks sent by Trump, as it followed the logic of “a 19th-century concert of powers: we’ll have a chat and come up with something.”

“The statement we got from president Trump that they spoke not only about the war, but also other things… it is somewhat strange. [The idea of them] talking about artificial intelligence and so on, while [we are] thinking about the images of the Bucha massacre is somewhat hair-raising.”