Russia demands that Ukraine suspend all contacts with NATO and reduce the size of its army. According to Bloomberg, discussions between the parties are taking place in Qatar. Moscow wants Ukraine not to use weapons supplied by NATO countries against Russia.

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 Trump.

The war has reached a critical point. A real peace seems unlikely, but a ceasefire is possible, most experts agree. The question is whether it can be achieved without placing Ukraine in further peril.

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

MOSCOW — Russia’s top diplomat said Tuesday that Moscow is open for talks with President-elect Donald Trump and praised him for pointing to NATO’s plan to embrace Ukraine as a root cause of the nearly 3-year-old conflict.

On the campaign trail last year, candidate Donald Trump, time after time, not only suggested he could swiftly bring an end to Russia’s unlawful war against Ukraine, but at times even insisted he could—and would—do it before being sworn into office.

Reports suggest that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will discuss Ukraine's NATO membership with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia is expected to demand that Ukraine sever ties with NATO and remain neutral with a limited military.

"Russians greeted Trump's victory with great enthusiasm. They think that because there are people around Trump who are naive about Russia's threat to the United States, Trump will be willing to impose a peace that enables Putin to take political control of Ukraine.