Earlier reports from the Wall Street Journal indicated that Trump’s team is considering a plan to delay Ukraine’s NATO membership by at least 20 years in exchange for continued Western arms supplies and the deployment of European peacekeepers to monitor a ceasefire.

Russia rebuffed incoming US President Donald Trump’s call for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, while saying it’s ready to hold negotiations on a long-lasting peace agreement to end almost three years of war.

Hundreds of thousands dead, even more gravely wounded as Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine nears completion of its third year. Can Donald Trump broker peace?

Russia is not satisfied with the proposals reportedly made by US President-elect Donald Trump's team to postpone Ukraine's NATO membership and the deployment of peacekeepers, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during an interview with the Russian News Agency TASS on Sunday (December 29).

Ukraine was granted permission to fire Western long-range missiles at Russian military targets a month ago, but it has since slowed their use due to a shortage of missiles. The missile strikes have had limited success,