Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Donald Trump to tour the front lines as the former US president’s supporters stall on signing off a vital aid package.

“If Mr Trump will come, I am ready to go with him to the front line. What does it mean, the real war, not Instagram, the real war,” the Ukrainian president said.

Ukraine is critically dependent on weapons supplies from the US and other Western allies to keep fighting Russia.

President Joe Biden assured Mr Zelensky on Saturday that the US was committed to supporting Ukraine’s fight against “Russia’s brutal invasion”, to which Mr Zelensky said he was “grateful”.

But the $95bn foreign aid package approved by the US Senate earlier this week – which includes $60bn for Ukraine – still faces an uphill battle in the House of Representatives, where Republican members seem unwilling to pass the measure.

Mr Zelensky’s statement comes after Ukrainian troops were forced to withdraw from the besieged eastern stronghold of Avdiivka due to ammunition shortages.

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