Russia will seek "ironclad" guarantees in any peace deal on Ukraine that NATO nations will exclude Kyiv from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral, a Russian deputy foreign minister said in remarks published on Monday.

Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko said Monday that any peace deal with Ukraine must include "security guarantees" that Ukraine would remain neutral and be barred from NATO membership.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russia's Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about ending the Ukraine war, with territorial concessions by Kyiv and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant likely to feature prominently in the talks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States counterpart Donald Trump will speak by phone on Tuesday, as one US official expressed hope the two could agree on a Ukraine ceasefire within weeks. Trump had previously said “a lot of work” had been done between the US and Russia on settling the three-year Ukraine conflict and there was a “very good chance” hostilities would end.

President Trump plans to discuss ending the Ukraine war with Russian President Putin, focusing on territorial concessions and control of the Zaporizhz