On Tuesday (18 March), Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump engaged in a 90-minute discussion over the phone in an attempt to hash out a ceasefire deal - three years since the Russian army invaded their Eastern European neighbours.

Trump told Zelenskyy that the U.S could be “very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise,” according to a White House statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Mike Waltz that described the call as “fantastic.