Putin is not expected to seek peace in Ukraine until after the 2024 US elections, as a potential Trump victory could affect
Western support for Kyiv, according to a US State Department official.
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.
Details
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
Context
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.
Earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
invited Trumpto Ukraine, who said he could end the war in 24 hours,
if re-elected, to see the scale of the conflict with his own eyes.