A senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine rather than enabling the country to gain back territory occupied by Russia.
Bryan Lanza, a Republican party strategist, told the BBC the Trump administration would ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his version of a "realistic vision for peace".
"And if President Zelensky comes to the table and says, well we can only have peace if we have Crimea, he shows to us that he's not serious," he said. "Crimea is gone."
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Ukraine should accept Donald Trump's proposed "realistic vision for peace" with Russia instead of thinking about returning territory, Bryan Lanza, a senior adviser to the US president-elect, told the BBC.
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According to Lanza, a future Trump administration will focus precisely on the task of achieving peace, rather than on providing Ukraine with counteroffensive capabilities.