President Trump continued his criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy but turned the tables and also criticized Russia's Vladimir Putin as he pressed for a Ukraine war ceasefire.

The success of an apparent agreement between Ukraine and Russia to pause naval and energy infrastructure attacks will depend on Moscow, Zelenskyy said.

Zelenskyy revealed the talks had taken place in a post to the social media site X, formerly Twitter. “We value New Zealand’s role in the global sanctions effort. Today, Prime Minister Luxon and I discussed the need to apply new sanctions against Russia for prolonging the war and trying to distort the diplomatic efforts of the partners,