Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian leader Vladimir Putin, repeated that the latter had supported the Hungarian Prime Minister's initiative for a Christmas ceasefire in conversations with Viktor Orbán but Ukraine had allegedly not agreed to it.

Mike Waltz, Donald Trump's nominee for National Security Adviser, has said that the world would welcome "some form of cessation" of hostilities in Ukraine, referring to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's proposal for a "Christmas truce".

US President-elect Donald Trump's team does not disclose details of their interactions with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. After meeting with Trump, Orbán called Vladimir Putin, CBS News quotes Trump's future advisor Mike Waltz.

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL), selected by Donald Trump to be the national security adviser in the new administration, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that far-right Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán "clearly has a good relationship" with the president-elect and that will be key to ending the war in Ukraine.