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Biden should use his final 2 months in office to give Ukraine everything it needs!" ... If Joe Biden wants to secure his legacy as one of the most influential defenders of Western democracy in history, he should flood Ukraine with four years worth of military aid between now and Trump's inauguration."
War Monitor said ... Adam Schwartz wrote
The right response for Europe is not to cry publicly, but to take a deep breath and return with a wise plan for rebalancing in NATO to save it and boost European support for Ukraine like now."
Jakub Janda, director of the European Values Center for Security Policy, Prague, said that followingI strongly suggest that tomorrow President Biden call Ukraine and tell them they can blow up any part of Russia they want."
Author Aja Radan postedTime for Joe Biden to become the least-lame lame duck in history. Whatever can go to Ukraine needs to go now,
Jessica Berlin, senior fellow at the Center for European Political Analysis (CEPA), wrote on X, formerly TwitterI'm withholding my final judgment for Biden until we see what he does for Ukraine in the next two months."
Sk Media postedAs Donald Trump looks set to win, Joe Biden must do one thing, expedite all military aid to Ukraine & unchain the Ukrainians—allow them to use U.S. weapons inside Russia,
posted author and journalist David PatrikarakosOf course they want Trump — that's clear — but the result of this election will not be a game changer for Russia,
a former Kremlin official who still operates in government circles told The Washington Post
Their convincing victory shows that ordinary Americans are tired of the unprecedented lies, incompetence, and malice of the Biden administration,
said the former Goldman Sachs banker, reported Reuters.jpg)
We are unaware of any [Russian President Vladimir] Putin plans to congratulate Trump on his win,
Peskov said.jpg)
They win who live by love for their country, and not by hatred for foreigners,
Maria Zakharova wrote on TelegramWow! Our congratulations! 47th president of the US
she posted on Telegram, after Fox News called the election for Trump early Wednesday.jpg)
But Trump has one quality that is useful for us—as a businessman to the core, he hates spending money on … idiotic allies, stupid charity projects and voracious international organizations,
he said, referring to global support for UkraineAll this is necessary so that weapons and funds go to the post-Ukrainian space controlled by Zelensky in the same volume as before,
he addedLet's not forget that we are talking about an unfriendly country that is both directly and indirectly involved in the war against our state,
he told state mediaWhat will Donald Trump’s new presidency and the arrival of his team in the White House mean for U.S.-Russia relations? His previous term ended (as often noted) with a record number of anti-Russian sanctions, and the level of cooperation had been reduced practically to zero. And not through our fault. Given the entrenched bipartisan consensus on Capitol Hill against Russia, expecting an immediate thaw or swift reset would be naive,
he said in a post on Telegram
Russia has always remained open to dialogue but only on equal, mutually respectful and honest terms,
Slutsky added
I don’t think there should be heightened expectations. It seems to me that U.S. policy will not change drastically. At least for now, there is not much reason to think otherwise,
Matviyenko told reporters as cited by Interfax news agencyWe are committed to cooperation, we are not inclined toward any kind of confrontation,
she saidWe’ll have to live in Trump’s world now. I am very skeptical that the war will end in 24 hours, as he promised. But we definitely won’t get bored.”
Tymofiy Mylovanov, president of the Kyiv School of Economics, said in a Facebook post
I do not think that his presidency will be bad for Ukraine — maybe difficult, challenging, but not necessarily bad,
Merezhko told POLITICO