Putin says Russia will achieve all aims militarily if Ukraine does not agree deal

Countries like the UK, he said, were willing "to put extra economic pressure on Putin... and to give extra aid to Ukraine so they can keep in the fight".

Trump pulled Putin out of international isolation last month when he hosted a meeting with him in Alaska.

He also tried to persuade Putin to meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"I have never ruled out the possibility of such a meeting. But is there any point? Let's see," Putin said on Wednesday.

He added that any such meeting required preparation to yield results, and that Zelensky could always go to Moscow to see him – a "knowingly unacceptable" idea, Ukraine's foreign minister was quick to point out.

Ukraine's president has been highlighting Putin's refusal to meet as a way of urging Trump to impose sanctions on Russia and boost Ukraine's defences.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.

Later on Wednesday Trump said the Russian leader "knows where I stand" regarding an end to the war.

"I have no message to President Putin, he knows where I stand, and he'll make a decision one way or the other," Trump told reporters at the White House, where he was hosting recently-elected Polish President Karol Nawrocki.

He bristled at a reporter who suggested he had not taken significant action against Moscow, citing secondary sanctions on India for buying Russian oil.

"You call that no action? And I haven't done phase two and phase three yet," added Trump, without elaborating.