Ukraine worried about losing American support after Donald Trump’s victory – rts.ch

While the United States has provided by far the most aid to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, the election of Donald Trump will change the situation. The Republican has in fact always contested this aid.

This is a difficult day for Ukrainians who are “broken”, explains RTS correspondent in Ukraine Maurine Mercier. For the first time, many of them refused to testify “I can’t testify, if I speak, I will cry”.

But how can we hold on without American support? “If we all have to die, that’s the way it is,” notes a woman.

Seeing Trump elected, for many Ukrainians, is seeing American citizens vote for people who trample freedom, democracy, these values ​​for which thousands of Ukrainians are dying today.

Operation “Seduction of Zelensky”

For his part, President Volodymyr Zelensky quickly congratulated Donald Trump, saying “he hopes that his election can contribute to a just peace for Ukraine.”

For Maurine Mercier, it is a survival reflex. Volodymyr Zelensky has no choice: he must try to “seduce” Donald Trump.