The outcome of the vote was major for kyiv. In a post published on X, President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Donald Trump “on his impressive victory” in the US presidential election.
“I appreciate President Trump's commitment to the 'peace through strength' approach to international affairs. This is exactly the principle that can concretely lead to a just peace in Ukraine. I am hopeful that we will put it into practice together,” he continued. The Ukrainian president also said he wanted to “develop mutually beneficial political and economic cooperation that will benefit (to) two nations.
“I look forward to personally congratulating President Trump and discussing ways to strengthen Ukraine's strategic partnership with the United States,” Zelensky concluded.
Video“Thank you for electing me the 47th president of the United States,” proclaims Donald Trump
The two men spoke in September in New York. They then “discussed in detail the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the United States”. This exchange followed a meeting with Joe Biden, then Kamala Harris.
Before his re-election, Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that once in the White House, he would resolve the war between Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours”, without giving details on how he would go about it. . “We continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deal,” he also lambasted from a campaign rally in North Carolina.
