President-elect Trump said he can bring peace to Ukraine. But a deal is unlikely to last unless Ukraine gets security guarantees. It's unclear what, if any, guarantees Trump would back. In the wake of Donald Trump's election victory,

U.S. President-elect Trump, who has vowed to swiftly end the conflict, is returning to the White House at a time of Russian ascendancy. Moscow controls a chunk of Ukraine about the size of the American state of Virginia and is advancing at the fastest pace since the early days of the 2022 invasion.

Moscow is accusing US President Joe Biden's outgoing administration of undermining the plans of President-elect Donald Trump to resolve the Ukraine conflict. "During the election campaign, Trump talked about wanting to make peace in some way and was leading everyone down a peaceful path,