On November 30, according to Sky News, Ukrainian President Zelensky signaled that he is ready to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in exchange for NATO membership, even if Russia does not immediately return the land it controls. Zelensky said a ceasefire agreement could be reached if the territory currently controlled by the Ukrainian government could be "under the umbrella company of NATO" and allowed him to negotiate the return of the remaining territory "diplomatically" at a later date. When asked if one of US President-elect Donald Trump's plans to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict might be for Kiev to "cede" Moscow-controlled land to Russia in exchange for Ukraine joining NATO, Zelensky appeared to accept that the Russian-controlled eastern region was temporarily excluded from such an agreement. "If we want to stop the intense phase of the conflict, we need to bring Ukrainian territory under our control under the NATO umbrella company," he said. "We need to move quickly, and then the issue of occupied territories, which Ukraine can get back diplomatically." "A ceasefire is necessary to ensure that'Putin will not come back 'to seize more Ukrainian territory."