Donald Trump can become a “Churchill of our time” if he secures a lasting peace deal in Ukraine, Estonia’s foreign minister has said.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Margus Tsahkna said he was hopeful Mr Trump could deliver a “long-lasting” ceasefire but warned that the president-elect would have to give Ukraine cast-iron security guarantees to do so.

“President Trump literally has an opportunity to become the Churchill of our times, and I’m not only talking about Russian aggression, but also the question globally of what the international rules are going to be,” Mr Tsahkna said.

“If Putin can declare that he and anybody else can change borders using force, and can constantly be aggressive without any real responsibilities, it can harm everyone [in Europe] and it can harm the US position as well.”

He said Estonia’s “clear position” was that Ukraine should be given “full Nato membership”, or equivalent levels of Western security guarantees, as this was the “only security guarantee which will work”.