President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he sympathized with the Russian position that Ukraine should not be part of NATO, and he lamented that he will not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin before his inauguration.

The Kremlin said Friday that President Vladimir Putin was open to talks with Donald Trump, after the incoming US president said a meeting between the pair was being set up.

Also blames outgoing President Biden for allegedly changing US position on NATO membership for Ukraine - Anadolu Ajansı

President-elect Donald Trump, on Jan. 7, blamed the outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden for Russia's all-out war against Ukraine. Trump said Biden's support of Ukraine's NATO membership had led to Russia's war against the country.

Donald Trump has stated that he understands why Vladimir Putin is so strongly opposed to NATO membership for Ukraine. According to Kiev, Putin would be less aggressive if Ukraine were a NATO member, but an official invitation to join has yet to materialise.

NATO members should spend 5% of their GDP on defense up from the current 2% target, incoming US President Donald Trump has said.Addressing journalists at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said most NATO members are not paying their fair share.

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed sympathy with Russia's position that Ukraine should not join NATO, speaking at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Tuesday. The incoming president criticised the Biden administration's stance on Ukrainian NATO membership,