Ukraine war live: Trump denies being 'played' by Putin as Russia launches overnight attack

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From 1h ago 09.44 CEST Nobody ‘playing me’, says Trump, amid frustration over progress in peace talks President Donald Trump has said negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are "coming to a head" and insisted that neither side is "playing" him in his push to end the grinding war. Trump spoke on Friday shortly after secretary of state Marco Rubio warned that the US may "move on" from trying to secure a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if there is no progress in the coming days, after months of efforts have failed to bring an end to the fighting. The US president said:…