The proposals by three key advisers, including Trump's incoming Russia-Ukraine envoy, retired Army Lieutenant-General Keith Kellogg, share some elements, including taking NATO membership for Ukraine off the table.

Trump's advisers would try forcing Moscow and Kyiv into negotiations with carrots and sticks, including halting military aid to Kyiv unless it agrees to talk but boosting assistance if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses.

So, doing exactly what Russian officials have been calling for since 2022? Don't see why they'd refuse now, unless you go for the "Russian Infinite Landgrab" conspiracy theory like it's a Paradox game.

The Russian leader, [Eugene Rumer] said, shows no readiness to drop his conditions for a truce and talks, including Ukraine abandoning its NATO quest and surrendering the four provinces Putin claims as part of Russia but does not fully control, a demand rejected by Kyiv.

Those two "red lines" are already part of the peace proposal.

Gorka, reached by phone, called Reuters "fake news garbage" and declined to elaborate.

Lol.