Ukrainian officials attending the Miami meeting were sceptical of the US approach, which they see as using business deals to appease Russia, two people briefed and one person at the meeting said.The Trump administration has previously tried to entice the Kremlin, including through sanctions-relief proposals and potential mineral deals. Neither has substantially changed Russia’s core demands or persuaded it to accept a comprehensive ceasefire agreement.A person close to the Kremlin said Putin will return to the table only when “he gets the remaining 11 per cent of Donbas, which he can present domestically as victory.” Ukraine has said it will not hand Russia any more territory, but that freezing the conflict along the existing battle lines could form the basis for a peace deal.