A government minister has rejected Emmanuel Macron’s claim that France and the UK are proposing a one-month truce in the Ukraine war. Luke Pollard said it was “not a plan that we currently recognise”.

Britain has distanced itself from a proposal by the French president for a one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that France and Britain were proposing a limited four-week ceasefire “in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure” but not, initially at least, covering ground fighting.

In an interview with Le Figaro newspaper, he proposed a four-week truce "in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure". It would not cover ground fighting along the front line in the east. "In the event of a ceasefire,