Zelensky says war will 'end sooner' once Trump becomes president

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says helium is definite the warfare with Russia volition “end sooner” than it different would person done erstwhile Donald Trump becomes US president.

Zelensky said helium had a “constructive exchange” with Trump during their telephone speech aft his triumph successful the US statesmanlike election.

He did not accidental whether Trump had made immoderate demands regarding imaginable talks with Russia, but said he'd not heard thing from him that was contrary to Ukraine’s position.

Trump has consistently said his precedence is to extremity the warfare and halt what helium says is simply a drain connected US resources, successful the signifier of subject assistance to Ukraine.

“It is definite that the warfare volition extremity sooner with the policies of the squad that volition present pb the White House. This is their approach, their committedness to their citizens,” Zelensky said successful an interrogation with the Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne.

He added that Ukraine "must bash everything truthful that this warfare ends adjacent year, ends done diplomatic means".

The concern connected the battlefield is difficult, with Russian forces making advances, Zelensky said.

He said US authorities lone allows him to conscionable with Trump aft his inauguration successful January.

Trump and Zelensky person agelong had a tumultuous relationship. Trump was impeached successful 2019 implicit accusations that helium pressured Zelensky to excavation up damaging accusation connected the Biden family.

Despite years of differences, Trump has insisted helium had a precise bully narration with Zelensky.

When the brace met successful New York successful September, Trump said helium “learned a lot” from the gathering and said helium would get the warfare "resolved precise quickly".

Trump has yet to divulge however helium intends to extremity the war.

His Democratic opponents person accused him of cosying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and accidental his attack to the warfare amounts to surrender for Ukraine that volition endanger each of Europe.

But German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who spoke with Trump pursuing his predetermination win, told German media that the incoming US person had a "more nuanced" presumption connected the warfare than was commonly assumed.

Scholz told the Süddeutsche Zeitung paper that his telephone with Trump was “perhaps surprisingly, a precise elaborate and bully conversation”.

Earlier this year, the US House of Representatives approved a $61bn (£49bn) bundle successful subject assistance for Ukraine to assistance combat Russia's invasion.

The US has been the biggest arms supplier to Ukraine - betwixt February 2022 and the extremity of June 2024, it delivered oregon committed weapons and instrumentality worthy $55.5bn (£41.5bn), according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German probe organisation.