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.

Kremlin to allow NATO member states to continue sending arms to Kyiv under bilateral deals, Bloomberg reports, citing source familiar with Moscow’s preparations for possible talks - Anadolu Ajansı

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

Before the conflict , Russia had demanded a legal guarantee that Ukraine be denied NATO entry, knowing the alliance has never excluded pote

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.