Zelensky congratulates Trump on victory after president-elect vows to ‘stop wars’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Donald Trump on his predetermination win Wednesday — aft nan erstwhile president vowed to “stop wars” successful his triumph speech.

“Congratulations to @realDonaldTrump connected his awesome predetermination victory!” Zelensky wrote connected X. “We look guardant to an era of a beardown United States of America nether President Trump’s decisive leadership.”

The Ukrainian lead said he said pinch Trump, 78, backmost successful September to outline his “Victory Plan” successful nan warfare against Russia, hoping that Trump’s “peace done strength” argumentation will thief extremity Moscow’s aggression.

“We are willing successful processing mutually beneficial governmental and economical practice that will use some of our nations,” Zelensky said.

“I americium looking guardant to personally congratulating President Trump and discussing ways to fortify Ukraine’s strategical business pinch nan United States,” he added.

Meanwhile, a Kremlin insider suggested that Trump’s predetermination could beryllium an opportunity for Russia to reset relations pinch nan US, which person been astatine their lowest constituent since nan extremity of nan Cold War pursuing nan 2022 penetration of Ukraine.

“This opens up caller opportunities for resetting relations betwixt Russia and nan United States,” said Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of Russia’s sovereign wealthiness money and a elder fig successful Russia’s governmental elite.

Zelensky’s congratulations came aft Trump declared triumph overnight against Vice President Kamala Harris, pinch nan Republican nominee laying retired a committedness to bring nan tumultuous wars America is progressive successful to an end.

“I’m not going to commencement wars, I’m going to extremity wars,” Trump said during his triumph speech.

“We had nary wars, for 4 years we had nary wars. Except we defeated ISIS,” Trump added.

Trump has many times claimed that his return to nan White House would mean a swift extremity to nan warfare successful Ukraine, which has gone connected for much than 2 years. In 2023 he told a municipality hall, “They’re dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to extremity dying. And I’ll person that done — I’ll person that done successful 24 hours.”

The president-elect has called for a negotiated extremity to nan fighting, adding that Russia should beryllium allowed to support nan territory it has invaded, a information Ukraine has said is unacceptable.

Moscow presently controls astir 1 5th of Ukraine aft launching its penetration successful early 2022, including Crimea and nan immense mostly of nan Donbas, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson region.

It besides remains unclear if American subject and financial assistance to Ukraine will proceed astatine nan aforesaid level nether Trump, who has had a analyzable history pinch Zelensky.

Trump’s efforts to leverage assistance to Ukraine to unit Zelensky to probe President Joe Biden was nan cardinal attraction of Trump’s first impeachment successful 2019.

With Post wires