{"id":90905,"date":"2024-01-17T03:32:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T03:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-brushes-off-funding-fears-if-donald-trump-wins-us-presidential-election-world-news\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T03:32:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T03:32:10","slug":"ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-brushes-off-funding-fears-if-donald-trump-wins-us-presidential-election-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-brushes-off-funding-fears-if-donald-trump-wins-us-presidential-election-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy brushes off funding fears if Donald Trump wins US presidential election | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2>Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy brushes off funding fears if Donald Trump wins US presidential election | World News<\/h2>\n<p>Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy brushes off funding fears if Donald Trump wins US presidential election | World News<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/01\/70x70\/skynews-volodymyr-zelenskyy_6423945.jpg?20240116210408\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Volodymyr Zelenskyy has brushed off the potential threat of US funding being withdrawn for Ukraine if Donald Trump wins this year&#8217;s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Davos, Switzerland, the <strong>Ukrainian<\/strong> leader said &#8220;one man cannot change the whole nation&#8221;, but admitted stances taken by some in the Republican Party have raised concerns in his country.<\/p>\n<p>Political infighting has delayed more military aid from the US, with Republicans resisting Democrat President <strong>Joe Biden<\/strong>&#8216;s request to offer more support to Kyiv in its war against Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s forces.<\/p>\n<p>And <strong>Mr Trump<\/strong>, who is the leading Republican presidential candidate, has declined to commit to continuing military assistance for Ukraine, and has said he could end the war &#8220;in 24 hours&#8221; if re-elected to the White House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video callfn\" data-account-id=\"6058004172001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"9d3a597d-08eb-426a-bb5b-3201dc9274ac\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-auth-config=\"\" data-caption=\"Donald Trump easily wins Iowa\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_9d3a597d-08eb-426a-bb5b-3201dc9274ac\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"51\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-news-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"RC9PQUaJ6\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"false\" data-sdc-id=\"6423089\" data-sdc-video-id=\"9d3a597d-08eb-426a-bb5b-3201dc9274ac\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:9d3a597d-08eb-426a-bb5b-3201dc9274ac\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"middle-third\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"true\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"true\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>              <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><\/p>\n<p>              <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\"\/><br \/>\n                <span class=\"sdc-site-video__time\">2:52<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <video id=\"id_9d3a597d-08eb-426a-bb5b-3201dc9274ac\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\"\/>\n            <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>              <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\">Donald Trump easily wins Iowa<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In December last year, <strong>Mr Zelenskyy<\/strong> declined to answer when asked if a victory for Mr Trump <strong>would threaten the independence of his country<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But he said on Tuesday that &#8220;radical voices really scare the society in Ukraine&#8221;, not just from Mr Trump but also &#8220;the voices of a significant part of Republicans&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, residents of more than two dozen villages in the eastern Kharkiv region were urged to evacuate on Tuesday because of worsening <strong>Russian<\/strong> attacks as the war nears its second anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Zelenskyy warned that <strong>Mr Putin<\/strong> &#8220;will not stop&#8221; and said he &#8220;embodies war&#8221; as he criticised him for imposing &#8220;the terrifying feeling that the war may never end&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anyone [who] thinks this is only about us, this is only about Ukraine, they are fundamentally mistaken,&#8221; he added, in a bid to cast Ukraine as a pillar in defence of democracies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Pic: AP<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Read more:<br \/>Aid worker may have been killed by Wagner Group mercenaries<br \/>Two high-value Russian planes &#8216;shot down&#8217;, Ukraine claims<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said his &#8220;heart goes out to the people of Mykolaiv&#8221;, where a Sky News team is, as the city has faced &#8220;constant attacks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Ukraine can still win when allies like the UK and US continue to restrict its military from hitting targets within Russia, Mr Zelenskyy said his country needs outside support.<\/p>\n<p>He said without such backing Ukraine would be &#8220;weak on the battlefield&#8221;, specifically in &#8220;artillery&#8221; and &#8220;air defence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-brushes-off-funding-fears-if-donald-trump-wins-us-presidential-election-13049810\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lenkaed.com\" title=\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy brushes off funding fears if Donald Trump wins US presidential election | World News\" href=\"\/\">Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy brushes off funding fears if Donald Trump wins US presidential election | World News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy brushes off funding fears if Donald Trump wins US presidential election | World News Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy brushes off funding fears if Donald Trump wins US presidential election | World News Volodymyr Zelenskyy has brushed off the potential threat of US funding being withdrawn for Ukraine if Donald Trump wins this year&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7711],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7711"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}