It is also not clear if Trump's team has communicated with Putin’s government about Ukraine, and if so, what has been conveyed by either side. The transition team declined to comment on whether a Putin ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, carried any message from Russia to Trump in his recent visit to Mar-a-Lago. Asked if Walz and others on Trump's transition team are working with the Biden administration on a ceasefire plan, transition spokesperson Brian Hughes said: “Congressman Waltz and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan are in contact on many issues. “The atmosphere thus far in terms of the engagement between the Ukrainians and the incoming Trump team, including Zelenskyy and Trump himself, has been positive,” one of the sources said. The Trump transition team declined to comment on how Trump views the idea of barring Ukraine from joining NATO indefinitely or for some designated period of time.

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