Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy (left) during a meeting with US president Donald Trump and members of his cabinet at the White House on Friday. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

US president Donald Trump has expressed his belief that the recent brokering of a ceasefire in the Middle East has given his administration “a lot of momentum, a lot of credibility” in his effort to mediate a truce between Russia and Ukraine.

Mr Trump was speaking as he hosted president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the White House on Friday.

The meeting was notable for the cordial exchanges between the US leader and his

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