US President Donald Trump could influence whether Ukraine joins NATO, as only four Alliance member countries oppose this, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reports. According to Ukraine's President, some countries initially conducted opaque policies toward Ukraine and did not support its NATO membership.

Donald Trump assumed office on Monday with the stated intention of ending the war in Ukraine. A longtime critic of NATO—an alliance that Ukraine hopes to join—and an admirer of Vladimir Putin, Trump has worried supporters of Ukraine who think he may force the country to make severe territorial concessions.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s ready for talks with the US on the war in Ukraine as he offered congratulations to Donald Trump on his inauguration as president.