Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is confident the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it would otherwise when Donald Trump becomes US president.
Zelensky said he had a “constructive exchange” with Trump during their telephone conversation after his victory in the US presidential election.
He did not say whether Trump had made any demands about possible talks with Russia, but said he had not heard anything from him contradicting Ukraine’s position.
Trump has consistently said his priority is to end the war and stop what he says is a drain on American resources in the form of military aid to Ukraine.
“It is certain that the war will end sooner with the policies of the group that will now lead the White House. This is their approach, their promise to their citizens,” Zelensky said in an interview with Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne.
He added that Ukraine “must do everything to end this war next year, end it through diplomatic means.”
The situation on the battlefield is difficult, with Russian forces advancing, Zelensky said. He added that US law allows him to meet with Trump only after his inauguration in January.
Trump and Zelensky have long had a tumultuous relationship. Trump was impeached in 2019 on charges that he pressured Zelensky to reveal damaging information about the Biden family.
Despite years of differences, Trump insisted he had a very good relationship with Zelensky.
When the two men met in New York in September, Trump said he “learned a lot” from the meeting and said he would resolve the war “very quickly.”
Trump has yet to reveal how he plans to end the war.
His Democratic opponents have accused him of sympathizing with Russian President Vladimir Putin and say his approach to the war amounts to a surrender on Ukraine that will endanger all of Europe.
But German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who spoke with Trump after his election victory, told German media that the incoming US leader had a “more nuanced” position on the war than he usually articulates.
Scholz told the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that his call with Trump was “perhaps surprisingly, a very detailed and good conversation.”
Earlier this year, the US House of Representatives approved a $61 billion military aid package for Ukraine to help fight Russia’s invasion.
The US was Ukraine’s largest arms supplier – from February 2022 to the end of June 2024, it delivered or disposed of $55.5 billion worth of weapons and equipment, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German research organization.
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