AN ENVOY of US President Donald Trump arrived in Moscow today for talks on a 30-day ceasefire which Ukraine has accepted, but a senior Russian official argued would only help Kiev.

The diplomatic effort coincided with a Russian claim that its troops have driven the Ukrainian army out of a key town in Russia’s Kursk border region, where Moscow has been trying for seven months to dislodge Ukrainian troops from their foothold.

A US official anonymously told reporters Mr Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, had arrived.