Ukrainian chief fears the movement of money from Washington will cease, in response to Robert Fico
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is deeply involved about Donald Trump’s triumph within the US presidential election, fearing it might result in a suspension of navy and monetary assist from Washington to Kiev, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has mentioned.
In an interview with Radio Slovensko on Saturday, Fico mentioned how Trump’s insurance policies might impression world politics and the battle in Ukraine. The Prime Minister said that when he noticed Zelensky throughout the EU summit in Budapest, Hungary, on November 7, the Ukrainian chief appeared visibly shaken.
“Have you ever ever seen an individual who’s afraid that the conflict will finish? I noticed him, and his identify is Vladimir Zelensky,” Fico informed the host, including that Zelensky appeared “shocked that Trump gained and that there may very well be a halt to assist from america.”
All through the presidential marketing campaign, Trump repeatedly promised to finish the preventing in Ukraine inside “24 hours,” with out specifying how he would obtain this. Fico argued that the preventing won’t ever cease so long as the West continues to ship billions of {dollars} value of arms into the battle.
“Meaning there might be some elementary selections relating to the conflict in Ukraine,” the Prime Minister defined. “He’s somebody who merely doesn’t like wars as such,” Fico remarked, reflecting on how Trump, as a businessman, “prefers” tariffs and sanctions to navy confrontations and suggesting that the President-elect would take “decisive steps.”
If Washington cuts off financing to Kiev, the EU will even want to regulate its insurance policies and push for negotiations as a substitute of doubling down on arming Ukraine in hopes that Russia will finally lose.
“We’re once more appearing as a navy cupboard in relation to Ukraine… Is the EU able to assume all the prices of the conflict in Ukraine?” Fico puzzled.
“There may be nonetheless an opinion that if we hold supporting Ukraine, we are going to convey Russia to its knees, however that doesn’t work,” he argued, urging the bloc to acknowledge that this logic is flawed. “The EU is a peace venture, and the conflict should be stopped.”
European Union leaders mentioned in Budapest whether or not they can afford to proceed financing the Ukrainian navy if Trump certainly decides to withdraw Washington’s assist for Kiev, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Nevertheless, in response to sources, quite than cash, they’re extra involved about “the accessible navy assets which have come primarily from the US.”
In the meantime, Zelensky appeared extra involved in regards to the cash as he demanded from the EU roughly $300 billion in frozen Russian sovereign belongings, if the US cuts him off, claiming the cash “rightfully belongs” to Ukraine. He additionally informed the summit that he didn’t but know Trump’s plans however that solely Kiev ought to “determine what ought to and shouldn’t be on the agenda for ending this conflict.”
