MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday it had noted that President-elect Donald Trump's circle was speaking about a potential peace plan for Ukraine while the current U.S. administration of Joe Biden was not and was seeking to escalate the conflict instead.

Moscow has accused US President Joe Biden's outgoing administration of working against the plans of President-elect Donald Trump to resolve the war in Ukraine. "During the election campaign, Trump talked about wanting to make peace in some way and was leading everyone down a peaceful path,

Moscow’s forces have launched a massive counteroffensive to retake land in the Kursk region, a potential bargaining chip for Kyiv.

Ukraine and Russia are both vying to make territorial gains ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration and his expected push