U.S government has said it will no longer mediate peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia after despot Vladimir Putin refused to sign a ceasefire deal.

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said last night that the US will be changing ‘the methodology of how we contribute… in that we will not be the mediators.’

‘But we are not going to fly around the world at the drop of a hat to mediate meetings, that it is now between the two parties,’ the former Fox News host added.

‘Now is the time that they need to present and develop concrete ideas about how this conflict is going to end. It’s going to be up to them.’ 

The day before the announcement, Trump approved his administration’s first arms export to Kyiv. 

He informed Congress that he would approve exporting at least $50million (£38million) in arms to Ukraine. 

This is the first time the president has approved an export deal since taking office in January, and came just a few weeks after the US put all military aid being sent to Ukraine under review. 

It comes just days after Ukraine signed a major minerals deal with the US.  

The agreement, which is yet to be approved by the Ukrainian Parliament, is considerably less exploitative than the initial deal proposed by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier this year, but will still see Washington profit extensively from Ukrainian natural resources.