Russia will demand Ukraine drastically cut back military ties with the NATO alliance and become a neutral state with a limited army in any talks with incoming US President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.

Trump has echoed Moscow’s rhetoric, which has described its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine as a response to planned Nato membership for Kyiv

Trump says he will meet Putin after his inauguration, citing Putin's disappointment with the Ukraine war. Trump's national security advisor anticipates a call between the two leaders in the near future.

The Kremlin has confirmed its intention to organize a meeting between Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump; however, detailed preparations have yet to commence. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov announced on Monday that there is a political will to arrange a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, believes that future U.S. President Donald Trump will need 100 days to initiate negotiations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin but not to end the war.