TRUMP COULD END WAR WITH RUSSIA ‘SOONER’: UKRAINE’S ZELESNKYY

Sat 16 November 2024:

The Ukrainian president said on Friday US President-elect Donald Trump‘s administration could help bring the war with Russia to a faster conclusion, state news agency Ukrinform reported.

In an interview with public broadcaster Suspilne, Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed Ukraine-US relations and reflected on past conversations with Trump about resolving the conflict, which continues since 2022.

“He (Trump) has heard the basis on which we stand. I have not heard anything against our position,” Zelenskyy said.

Asked if Trump had asked Ukraine enter into negotiations with Russia, Zelenskyy said: “We are an independent country. And we, during this war, both our people and I, personally, are in negotiations with the United States, with both Trump and Biden, and with European leaders, proved that the ‘sit and listen’ rhetoric doesn’t work with us.”

The president said he believes that under Trump’s leadership, “the war will end sooner.”

“It is very important for us to have a just peace, so that we do not feel that we have lost our best people because of the injustice that has been imposed on us. The war will end, but there is no exact date. Certainly, with the policies of the team that will now lead the White House, the war will end sooner. This is their approach, their pledge to their public, and it is also very important to them,” he added.

Trump, who beat Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 presidential election, has often questioned US support to Kyiv and said he could end the conflict in one day after reelection.

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Trump’s Election Victory

Many expect Trump’s victory to lead to a resumption of high-level contacts between Washington and Moscow, a reduction in U.S. aid for Ukraine, and dissension in NATO. However, this does not add up to victory for the Kremlin.

Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has already said, Russian officials will be watching the actions of the president-elect closely. They will want to see what Trump’s first steps will be in order to better understand whether the chatter about a “window of opportunity” will amount to anything.

Moscow has been trying to convince both Ukrainians and the West to “ditch” Zelensky and choose a more pliable leader. However, despite all the problems facing the government in Kyiv, there has been no noticeable movement in this direction. There seems to be little chance of political changes in Kyiv resulting in the emergence of a government that is prepared to seriously consider Putin’s demands.

-With Anadolu Agency

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