President-elect Donald Trump said Ukraine needs to reach a deal to end the Russian invasion and downplayed the value of occupied land, in the latest signal he may push for a settlement that codifies Russian territorial gains.

President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy should be prepared to make a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the nearly three-year-old Ukraine war.

Kyiv allegedly wants "a respite on the battlefield," to "lick its wounds" and rearm. "NATO and the prospect of Ukraine's membership were part of the problem from the very beginning, not part of the solution,