President Putin has 'let me down', says President Trump

US President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "let me down" for not stopping the war with Ukraine.

"He has let me down. I mean, he's killing many people and he's losing more people than he's, you know, than he's killing. I mean, frankly, Russian soldiers are being killed at a higher rate than the Ukrainian soldiers," Trump said at a news conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Trump confessed that even though he thought that the Russia-Ukraine war would be the "easiest" one to solve, it was not the case.

Further, he insisted that the war in Ukraine would not have begun if he had remained in the White House. "This was a thing that would have never happened had I been president. If I were president, it would have never happened. And it didn't happen for four years," Trump asserted. "Most people agree it didn't happen, nor was it close to happening."

Despite a summit between Putin and Trump at Alaska, during which the US leader urged the Russian president to hold talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a peace deal did not materialise.

In his opening remarks, Starmer praised the historic bonds between the UK and US, adding that both countries are "ready to define this century together".

Earlier today, the leaders announced a new "tech prosperity deal" between the two countries, CNN reported.

Starmer stressed that Russia's ongoing attacks on Ukraine show that President Vladimir Putin is not interested in peace.

The UK PM said he and Trump talked about how to "increase the pressure on Putin to get him to agree a peace deal that will last."

Earlier, Trump called on NATO and European nations to take stronger action against Russia, particularly criticising Europe for continuing to buy oil from Moscow.