Volodymyr Zelensky is certain that war with Russia “will end sooner” than she would have done if Donald Trump had not been re-elected president of the United States earlier this month.
In an interview with the Ukrainian media Suspilne published on Saturday November 16, the Ukrainian president admitted that the situation was difficult on the battlefield. “The pressure and advance of the Russians is slow but constant”he said, while highlighting the losses suffered by the Russian army in recent weeks.
The war “will end more quickly with the politics of this team that will now run the White House”said Volodymyr Zelensky, referring to the future Trump administration. “It’s their approach, their promise to their company, and it’s also very important to them”he stressed.
On the Ukrainian side, he added, “we must do everything so that the war ends next year by diplomatic means.”
“Constructive exchange”
In recent weeks, remember The Hill, The Russian army has advanced in parts of southeastern and eastern Ukraine, and it is preparing to launch a counteroffensive in the Kursk region, an area where kyiv advanced in August.
The BBC For its part, explains that the front lines of the war have largely stagnated since Ukraine's long-awaited counter-offensive in 2023 failed to achieve the massive territorial gains it had hoped for.
During their telephone conversation after the billionaire's victory in the American presidential election, Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned a “constructive exchange” with Donald Trump, traces the British channel. The Ukrainian leader, who “has had a tumultuous relationship with him for a long time”, “did not say whether Donald Trump had made any demands regarding possible talks with Russia, but he said he had not heard anything from him that was contrary to Ukraine's position.”
Donald Trump a “always” claimed that his priority was to end the war, “which began with Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022”, “and what he describes as a drain on American resources in the form of military aid to kyiv”retraces the BBC.
During his presidential campaign, the Republican candidate repeatedly asserted that the war in Ukraine would not have started if he had been in the White House, he recalls. CNN. In July, he said he could resolve the conflict in a day, but without “specify how he would do it”notes the American channel. More broadly, Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, “expressed serious doubts about the continued commitment of the United States to the European Union”.
“Concerns about growing weariness”
United States “were Ukraine's largest arms supplier”notice BBC. Between the start of the war and the end of June 2024, they delivered or pledged to send weapons and equipment worth $55.5 billion, according to the Kiel Institute for the Economy World, a German research organization. Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $61 billion military aid package.
But, note the BBCacross the Atlantic, support for the arms of Ukraine “seems to have diminished somewhat” since the start of the war, particularly among Republican voters. “The renewed emphasis on a diplomatic solution comes amid concerns about growing war fatigue, both in Ukraine and abroad.”
Friday, note CNNa phone call between Olaf Scholz and Vladimir Putin – their first conversation in two years – drew criticism from Volodymyr Zelensky, who accused the German chancellor of opening a “Pandora’s box” serving only to undermine efforts to isolate the Russian president.
