{"id":13776,"date":"2026-11-05T05:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T05:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13776"},"modified":"2026-11-05T05:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T05:39:22","slug":"zelenskyy-hopes-democratic-congress-will-bring-more-us-help-for-ukraine-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13776","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy hopes Democratic Congress will bring more US help for Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed hope that Democratic gains in the United States midterm \u2060elections will bring \u2060more help for Kyiv, as European officials urged the new US Congress to ramp up pressure on Russia to end Europe\u2019s bloodiest conflict since World War II.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy\u2019s comments on Wednesday came after American voters rebuked US President Donald Trump and his Republican Party, handing control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives to the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

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In an interview with German broadcaster ZDF, Zelenskyy said the Democratic gains could work to Ukraine\u2019s advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am also grateful to the Republicans, but the Democrats speak very clearly about supporting Ukraine and providing assistance to Ukraine,\u201d Zelenskyy said.\u00a0 \u201cThey speak about renewing the connection between the United States and Europe\u2026 Therefore, there is hope that a balance of power will emerge, and that we will receive more support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy said more US aid could have an effect \u200con Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Congress now speaks of strong financial support or military assistance, as Europe is doing and demonstrating today, then that will be something positive that will have an impact on Putin,\u201d he told ZDF.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy has worked to repair a rocky relationship<\/a> with Trump since an Oval Office meeting in February 2025 at which the US president accused his Ukrainian counterpart of being \u201cungrateful\u201d for Washington\u2019s aid.<\/p>\n

Pressure on Russia<\/h2>\n

In recent weeks, Trump has made several moves favourable<\/a> to Russia, including a deal to import Russian diesel.<\/p>\n

Last month, he waived sanctions on Russia that Congress had overwhelmingly approved as part of legislation supporting Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Ukraine has also accused Washington of delaying deliveries of interceptor missiles.<\/p>\n

Kaja Kallas, the European Union\u2019s foreign policy chief, said she hoped the new Congress would \u201ccontinue supporting Ukraine and also putting more pressure on Russia\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cEurope as well as US, we are much stronger together,\u201d Kallas said, expressing hope that joint pressure would force Moscow to end the war.<\/p>\n

In Germany, leaders were divided. Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed scepticism on Wednesday that Trump would change course despite the Democrats\u2019 sweeping victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cQuite frankly, over the last two years, Trump has largely governed by bypassing Congress. Why should that be any different now?\u201d Merz said at an event in Berlin, a day after US voters handed Republicans a historic defeat.<\/p>\n

His foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, was more hopeful. He said the \u201cvery clear\u201d Democratic victory could create \u201ca new opportunity to launch a fresh initiative\u201d to end the wars in Ukraine and Iran. He added that he was \u201cquite optimistic\u201d that aid to Ukraine, which has been slashed under Trump, would get \u201cmore discussion\u201d from US lawmakers of both parties.<\/p>\n

Scepticism<\/h2>\n

Others in Europe cautioned that with Trump in office for two more years, Washington\u2019s foreign policy was unlikely to change quickly.<\/p>\n

The US president has berated European leaders, roiled their economies with tariffs, threatened to pull the US out of NATO<\/a>, and said he wants to take over Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur security and prosperity in Austria and Europe must not depend on how people in Kansas or Iowa vote,\u201d Austria\u2019s foreign minister, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we are strengthening our own defence capability and our own competitiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia hoped Trump \u201cwill continue his peacemaking efforts\u201d, regardless of the election result.<\/p>\n

Democratic aides have told US media that helping Kyiv would be a priority when the party takes control of the congressional agenda in January. But diplomacy is moving faster.<\/p>\n

Steve Witkoff, Trump\u2019s envoy, said Washington would bring Ukrainian and Russian delegations together in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11 to discuss ending the war and security arrangements for Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that he has had detailed conversations with Witkoff and Trump\u2019s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, ahead of the meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe negotiations must move forward at full throttle to bring this war to an end as quickly as possible. Ukraine is ready to take the necessary steps,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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