Donald Trump has said it may be better to let Ukraine and Russia “fight for a while” rather than push for peace talks immediately.The American president made the remarks during a visit from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday in Washington.

Since last sitting down with Ukraine to talk peace, Russia has launched four of its five largest drone attacks against the country, killed more than 340 of its civilians and continued to peddle its false narrative about the unprovoked war it has been waging for more than a decade.