Russia will seek guarantees that NATO countries will exclude Ukraine from membership and Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace deal, a Russian deputy foreign minister said in remarks published on Monday.

A "significant number" of countries are willing to provide peacekeeping troops in Ukraine in the event of a peace deal with Russia, a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday.

A spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that a significant number of countries are willing to provide peacekeeping troops in

More countries have now joined the "coalition of the willing", a group of Western nations who are working to end the war in Ukraine. It was first mooted following a summit hosted by the prime minister earlier this month.