Trump now intends to maintain US military supplies to Kyiv after his inauguration, but will demand NATO more than double its 2 per cent spending target.

President-elect Donald Trump's foreign policy team told European officials that he will insist NATO allies increase defense spending to 5 percent of their economic output, according to a Friday report from the Financial Times.

US President-elect Donald Trump has said he’ll quickly negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. This has got NATO allies wondering if he’ll withdraw US support for the government in Kyiv and force it to accept a permanent Russian occupation of Ukrainian land.

Russia targeted Ukraine’s capital with ballistic missiles on Friday, December 20. A Russian morning missile strike on central Kyiv killed at least one person, wounded 12, according to the city administration.

Since the beginning of the day, 169 combat engagements occurred along the frontline. Most of the enemy's losses were in the Pokrovsk direction, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.