As President Trump gears up to meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the White House, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been working the phones. Putin spoke with the leaders of India,

In Alaska, the Russian leader proposed that Ukraine hand over the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow to stop the fighting.

Footage captured the moment Russian troops rode an American MM13 personnel carrier they captured from Ukrainian forces on August 12. The video, shared today on Telegram by the Kremlin-controlled broadcaster, Russia Today, showed the soldiers flying US and Russian flags.

Last week, Trump had handed a letter from Melania Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin at their Alaska summit.

EXCLUSIVE: For a brief moment, the President of the United State's discomfort was visible for the entire world to see

At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.

Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to reject Vladimir Putin's "peace deal" - which involves handing large sections of Ukraine to Russia. The Ukrainian President has claimed his Russian counterpart wants the rest of occupied Donetsk - and effectively the entire Donbas region - as part of a ceasefire deal.