Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is confident his country’s war with Russia will be resolved quickly after President-elect Donald Trump replaces the Harris-Biden administration.
“Certainly, with the policies of this team, which will now lead the White House, the war will soon end,” Zelensky said in a statement. radio interview with Ukrainian outlet Suspilne News which aired on Saturday.
“This is his vision, his promise to his society and it is very important to him,” he said.
This conflict – which has been going on for more than two and a half years – will hopefully come to an end Over the next year and through diplomacy, “There is no exact date,” Zelensky said, before cautioning.
The comments come after Zelensky had a “constructive exchange” with Trump during a phone call Election victory.
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Trump promised during the campaign that he would try to bring Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach an agreement, and he will begin working on an armistice Since election night. It is not clear at all how he would end the brutal war.
In the radio interview, Zelensky acknowledged that the battlefield situation in eastern Ukraine was difficult and that Russia was advancing. Putin is not interested in a peace deal, he said.
“(Trump) has listened to the foundation we stand on. “I have not heard anything against our position,” Zelensky stressed.
Asked whether Trump had demanded Ukraine participate in talks with Russia, Zelensky said: “We are a free country… ‘Sit and listen’ rhetoric doesn’t work with us.”
Trump has criticized the US’s $64 billion military aid sent by Russia to Ukraine. US State Department What it called a “premeditated, unprovoked and brutal full-scale attack”.
The US has been the largest arms supplier to Ukraine, According to reports.
on one Meeting with Putin after the electionsTrump reportedly warned him against escalating the fighting in Ukraine.
“The American people re-elected President Trump because they trust him to lead our country and restore peace through strength around the world. When he returns to the White House, he will take the necessary actions to do so,” said Carolyn Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the Trump-Vance transition team.
However, the Trump camp would not confirm any meetings on Ukraine and Trump Communications Director Steven Cheung warned that the president-elect’s camp “will not comment on reports of private meetings that did or did not occur.”
Following his historic victory, the 45th US President also spoke to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who he said Trump had a “more nuanced” position on the Russia-Ukraine war than before.
Scholz called the conversation “a very detailed and good conversation.”
Zelensky criticized the German leader for speaking to Putin on the phone last week.
Scholz reportedly repeated calls for an end to the war but Zelensky said this weakened Russian isolation.
with post wires
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