Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's strength and unpredictability could be key to resolving the conflict in Ukraine. He expressed hope that Trump's presidency will bring a swift end to the war.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is 'strong and unpredictable,' and those qualities can be a decisive factor in his policy approach to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy . However, Zelenskyy said it won't be possible to end the almost three years of war in one day, as Trump claimed during his election campaign he could do.
'The 'hot' stage of the war can end quite quickly, if Trump is strong in his position,' Zelenskyy said in a Ukrainian television interview late Thursday, referring to fighting on the battlefield. 'I believe is strong and unpredictable. I would very much like President Trump's unpredictability to be directed primarily toward the Russian Federation,' Zelenskyy said. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, hasn't publicly fleshed out his policy on Ukraine but his previous comments have put a question mark over whether the United States will continue to be Ukraine's biggest — and most important — military backer. Zelenskyy is eager to guarantee that Washington's support keeps coming, and he met with Trump in New York even before last November's U.S. presidential electio
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