Ukrainian president Volodymr Zelensky has suggested he would temporarily cede Ukrainian territory to Russia in exchange for joining Nato. Mr Zelensky said Nato membership would have to be offered to unoccupied parts of the country to end the “hot phase” of the war and appeared to accept eastern parts of the country would fall outside this deal.

Vladimir Putin’s forces have suffered more than 2,000 casualties in a single day in what would mark the highest daily toll of the war so far, Ukraine’s military has claimed. With both Kyiv and Moscow anticipating that Donald Trump could seek to broker a rapid peace deal upon returning to the White House in January,