Donald Trump's presidential transition effort said on Saturday that a Republican operative who outlined some potential contours of a U.S.-backed peace plan in Ukraine earlier in the day was not speaking on behalf of the president-elect.

US President-elect Donald Trump has proposed a potential peace plan aimed at halting the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war by freezing the conflict.

A senior aide to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Saturday that the new administration's priority in Ukraine would be establishing peace and not restoring lost territory,

Bryan Lanza's comments come days after Trump had a phone call with Ukraine's Zelensky and billionaire Elon Musk.

Bryan Lanza, who worked on Trump’s presidential campaign, claimed the incoming Trump administration indicated restoring lost Ukrainian territory wasn't a precursor to peace.

In the coming months, the global media may publish a lot of stories about various “peace plans” for Ukraine. This is due to the re-election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, says Andrii Kovalenko,

Bryan Lanza tells the BBC there needs to be an "honest conversation" with Kyiv and returning Crimea is not a US priority.

EXCLUSIVE: A security expert has warned that the plan, if enacted, could lead to a new war due to 'miscalculation.'