US President Donald Trump has issued a fresh ultimatum to Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid tensions over a peace deal with Ukraine, stating he's "got to make a deal".

Speaking to reporters in Turnberry, Scotland, Trump declared that "too many people are dying", warning of "further sanctions" for Putin if he doesn't act.

Addressing the current situation between Russia and Ukraine, Trump said: "We're going to do secondary sanctions unless we make a deal.

"We might make a deal, we don't know. We've done so many peace deals, and this is the one I started out with."

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Recalling a phone call he had with Putin, Trump revealed the Russian leader asked for "help with Iran".

Trump recounted: "President Putin called me. He wanted to know if I could help him with Iran.

"I said, no, I don't need your help with Iran. I need your help with Russia. And so that's the one deal that continues to linger."

Making clear the impact of Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine, Trump declared that the "US and UK aren't losing", but "Russia is losing".

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Trump said: "They're losing. I'm not losing, you're [UK] not losing. But 5000 Russian and Ukrainian kids a week are dying. And that's not mentioning the people that are dying also in towns where he's lobbing missiles into certain towns like Kyiv, and he's got to make a deal.

"Too many people are dying. It's a really bloody war, and that number is obsolete, it's more like seven thousand. It's terrible. So you have 7000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers dying every single week for no reason whatsoever."

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