Separately, on Thursday, bookmaker Star Sports offered odds of 7/2 (22.2 percent) on Trump securing the Nobel Peace Prize, placing him behind Navalnaya on 2/1 (33.3 percent) and ahead of Russian anti-war campaigner Alexei Gorinov on 6/1 (14.3 percent) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with 10/1 (9.1 percent).

The war has shown no signs of abating despite Trump setting a September 2 deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach a ceasefire deal with Ukraine

Trump’s decision to allow weapon sales to Ukraine culminated a five-month effort by allies to help Volodymyr Zelensky rebuild a relationship with the president.

White House correspondent Jon Decker asks Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt if President Donald Trump will follow through on his promise to impose tariffs.

Putin invaded Ukraine just over 13 months into Biden's White House term. Between February 24, 2022, and January 20, 2025, the U.S. became the world's biggest supplier of weapons and aid for Ukraine's fight, pledging over $175 billion in support.

Donald Trump can end Russia's war in Ukraine, something that his predecessor Joe Biden was unable to do, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.The Ukrainian president said he did not want to criticise anyone, “but President Biden was not able to end this war”.

Former Ukraine aid critics now back Trump's strategy requiring European funding for weapons to Kyiv after the president pivoted his frustration from Zelenskyy to Putin.