Zelensky hopes Democratic win in US elections will boost support for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed hope that a Democratic victory in the US midterm elections will strengthen support for Kyiv and bring the end of the war closer. Midterm elections are a vote in which the United States renews its Congress, the country's legislative body. Zelensky shared his view on Wednesday evening in an interview with the German television channel ZDF.

The election result

As previously reported, in the US midterm elections held on Tuesday, Democrats regained control of both chambers of the United States Congress. According to Zelensky, this has changed the balance of power in Washington. "Now there is hope that this balance of power has formed and that we will be given greater support," the Ukrainian president said in the interview.

Impact on Russia

Zelensky added that if the US Congress approved greater financial or military support for Ukraine, it would influence Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. In the Ukrainian leader's words, such a step could lead to "possible talks and possible peace."

In the interview, the Ukrainian president thus linked changes in US domestic politics to the future course of the war and the prospects for peace talks. His expressed hope concerns Congress's decisions on financial and military assistance to Ukraine.