By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-16 21:27:12 | Updated at 2024-11-16 23:51:53
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Zelensky says war will 'end sooner' with Trump as president
BBC News ^ | 16 November 2024 | George Wright
Posted on 11/16/2024 1:16:46 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have once Donald Trump becomes US president.
Zelensky said he had a “constructive exchange” with Trump during their phone conversation after his victory in the US presidential election.
He did not say whether Trump had made any demands regarding possible talks with Russia, but said he'd not heard anything from him that was contrary to Ukraine’s position.
Trump has consistently said his priority is to end the war - which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 - and what he describes as a drain on US resources in the form of military aid to Kyiv.
Earlier this year, the US House of Representatives approved a $61bn (£49bn) military aid package.
The US has been the greatest supplier of arms to Ukraine. Between the start of the war and the end of June 2024, it delivered or committed to send weapons and equipment worth $55.5bn (£41.5bn), according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German research organisation.
But domestically, support for arming Ukraine appears to have waned somewhat since the war began - particularly among Republican voters, who Trump successfully courted.
During the US election campaign, the former president turned president-elect repeatedly pledged to end the war "in a day" - but has yet to divulge how he intends to do so.
“It is certain that the war will end sooner with the policies of the team that will now lead the White House. This is their approach, their promise to their citizens,” Zelensky said in an interview with the Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne.
He added that Ukraine "must do everything so that this war ends next year, ends through diplomatic means", with Russian forces....
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To: MinorityRepublican
Cut the gravy train off
Make him accountable for what he already has from us...
He and his homies just might have to sell those mansions etc to purchase more bullets...
2 posted on 11/16/2024 1:21:22 PM PST by Tennessee Nana (I Voted 4 Trump)
To: Tennessee Nana
It’ll be interesting to see who got there 10%
3 posted on 11/16/2024 1:22:08 PM PST by cableguymn (They don't want peace they want skeletons )
To: MinorityRepublican
4 posted on 11/16/2024 1:23:00 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: MinorityRepublican
Gotta suck up to the new boss at Uncle Sugar
5 posted on 11/16/2024 1:24:53 PM PST by PGR88
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