Russian govt 'ready to reach' peace deal

Russia's foreign minister said on Thursday that Moscow was ready to do a deal on its war in Ukraine after Donald Trump urged Vladimir Putin to halt attacks, in a rare rebuke following the deadliest strikes on Kyiv in months.

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“We are ready to reach a deal, but there are still some specific points... which need to be fine-tuned, and we are busy with this,” Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with CBS News.

Mr Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff was due in Russia yesterday where he was expected to hold another round of ceasefire talks with Mr Putin.

Mr Lavrov said the talks process was moving in the right direction, and negotiations would continue with Washington.

He said the US president was “probably the only leader on Earth who recognised the need to address the root causes of this situation” but said Mr Trump “did not spell out the elements of the deal”.