Putin waits for US election results in 2024 before making peace with Ukraine - Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not make peace in Ukraine until he knows the results of the before he knows the results of the US elections in November 2024. This was stated by a senior US State Department official amid fears that a potential victory for former President Donald Trump could undermine the West's support for Kyiv. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.

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It is noted that Trump, who is seeking re-election in 2024 and is the leading Republican presidential candidate, has sharply criticized the US support for Kyiv.

A senior official said after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, a senior NATO official said that the Alliance reaffirmed its support for Ukraine, knowing that a peace deal is unlikely next year.

I expect Putin will not make peace or a meaningful peace until until he sees the result of our elections

Asked whether they were expressing personal opinions or the views of the U.S. government, the officials opinion or the view of the U.S. government, the official said that this is a "widely held premise."

This was the context in which all allies expressed "strong support for Ukraine" at the support for Ukraine" at a NATO meeting on Tuesday

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U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, has provided Kyiv with massive military aid and other support since military aid and other support after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but additional funding for Ukraine has been delayed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

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