‘Donald Trump may help to pause the war, but not end it. Moreover, the future president will be able to do this if he is not paralyzed by fear of escalation and is ready, through concrete political decisions, to show Putin that continuing the war will not mean the end of an independent Ukraine, but the end of his own regime.’

Alyona Getmanchuk, Director of the New Europe Center, stated in a comment for BBC Ukrainian.

According to the expert, a Trump victory means a chance to end the policy of measured support pursued by the Biden administration. This policy has exhausted itself not only in terms of Ukraine’s ability to liberate temporarily occupied territories but also in defending current positions. In this situation, Ukraine needs to strengthen ties with European countries, including building a ‘coalition of the resolute.’

‘These are countries that understand that European security cannot depend on the outcomes of U.S. elections and are ready to take more decisive steps, including sending their military components to Ukraine’, Alyona Getmanchuk explained.

Read more on the BBC Ukrainian website (Ukrainbian).