Latest round of talks between Ukraine and US conclude as Trump seeks swift peace

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed readiness to drop his country’s bid to join Nato (Markus Schreiber/AP)

The latest round of talks between Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and US envoys have ended as they and European allies seek an end to Russia’s nearly four-year war.

Ukraine faces Washington’s pressure to swiftly accept a US-brokered peace deal in the face of an increasingly assertive Moscow.