The Ukrainian The leader referred to his “great meeting” with Trump in September, saying: “I appreciate President Trump’s commitment to a ‘peace through strength’ approach to global affairs.”

In particular, Zelensky said that he “relies on the continued strong bipartisan support for Ukraine in the United States.”

However, the question is whether bipartisan support will still be available once Trump is inaugurated.

In light of Trump’s victory, the Biden administration is expected to spend all funds for Ukrainian aid before chairman leaves office on January 20, 2025, according to Political. However, aid may not reach Ukraine until then, and the new administration could theoretically stop it before it gets there.

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While both Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance have questioned U.S. military support for Ukraine, there are still more solicitous Republicans in Congress who have gone so far as to urge The Biden administration will do more for Ukraine. Many of the Republican Party’s biggest supporters of Ukraine on Capitol Hill sit on or chair the Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs and Defense committees.

Trump has said he will end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours, although it is unclear how that could happen without significant concessions from Ukraine, which he has shown no interest in making until at this point in the war.

On the battlefield, the Western world faces the emerging alliance between Russia and other authoritarian leaders. north korea recently provided Russia with about 10,000 troops, many of whom are now fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces held territory. Iran also provided military support to Russia throughout the war.

While Russian forces have made limited gains recently, about 1,200 of their soldiers are killed daily, according to US officials, who also said the total number of Russians killed or wounded in action is likely north of 600,000 over the war.

Trump’s relationship with the Russian president Vladimir Putin was heavily scrutinized both during the former president’s first administration and during his campaign. Trump has spoken positively of the Russian leader and refused to confirm or deny reports that the two have been in touch several times since he left office in January 2021.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the two leaders could talk before Trump’s inauguration, but he said there were no active talks yet.

“It’s not out of the question,” he saidaccording to Russian state media. “There is no work (on this) so far. Besides, it’s too early. Who should we work with from now on?”

Russian disinformation actors were very active before and on election day. The US intelligence community believed before the election that Russia wanted Trump to win, while Iran wanted a Harris victory, in part because of the belief that Trump would be more likely to limit or end military support for Ukraine.

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Trump has presented his position as less supportive than the Biden administration, even though he has not met all of Ukraine’s demands. For months, the current administration has refused Kiev’s requests to be allowed to use US-supplied weapons to strike military targets deeper inside Russia.

Trump has repeatedly accused the US’s NATO allies of not doing their part in keeping Europe safe and contributing to the defense of Ukraine.