Will Ukraine Sustain War If Donald Trump Becomes US President? Watch Zelenskyy's Reply

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who addressed a presser on Friday after PM Modi concluded his Kyiv visit, was asked whether his country would sustain war if Donald Trump becomes US President.

Responding to the question, Zelenskyy said, “We will see in November, but I didn't get any signal from him or his team (regarding extending support to Ukraine)... I have only got a message that he will support Ukraine...”

Zelenskyy shared that he had one interaction with Donald Trump during war with Russia. Trump told him that he will do everything to stop the war, that Ukraine be independent and free and that’s all messages he got from him but… will we see in November.

Russia won't sustain if world stops buying its oil, says Zelenskyy 

Russia will have “significant challenges” if the world, including India, stops buying subsidised oil from it, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday.

The West has been critical of India’s continued buying of Russian oil despite sanctions on that country since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Imports from Russia, which were less than one per cent of the total oil imported in the pre-Ukraine war period, now make up for almost 40 per cent of India's total oil purchases.

On Friday, pointing out that there are very significant contracts between India and Russia vis-a-vis oil, the Ukrainian president said, “Putin is afraid of losing the economy, he has nothing except for oil, his main currency is oil. They do have a kind of energy-based economy, and they're export-oriented.” 

“So, the countries importing energy resources from the Russian Federation, then they will be helping the whole world," Zelenskyy said while addressing the travelling India media persons after his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi's nearly nine-hour visit to Ukraine, the first by an Indian prime minister since Ukraine's independence in 1991, came six weeks after he held summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in July in Moscow.

With inputs from PTI

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