Vladimir Putin’s famous long table made a reappearance as the UN secretary general met the Russian leader for talks in the Kremlin, to discuss the prospect of peace in Ukraine.

But at the same time, Russia has continued to fire a barrage of missiles across the south and east of Ukraine – while Western allies were meeting at a US airbase in Germany to discuss sending more weapons to Kyiv.

They insisted they would “keep moving heaven and earth” to provide Ukraine with the military firepower it needs.

US pledges to move ‘heaven and earth’ to supply arms to Ukraine