It is the second time in less than two weeks that the Russian president has called a halt to fighting without committing to a long-term end to the war.

Donald Trump says Ukraine is prepared to give up Crimea, territory that Russia annexed after 2014. So what do both sides of the conflict want to see before ending the war?

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War Two.