U.S. President-elect Trump, who has vowed to swiftly end the conflict, is returning to the White House at a time of Russian ascendancy. Moscow controls a chunk of Ukraine about the size of the American state of Virginia and is advancing at the fastest pace since the early days of the 2022 invasion.

Sen. Mike Rounds also expressed frustration that the United States hadn’t given Ukraine more weapons to win the war.

While the incoming Trump administration appears determined to end U.S. support for Ukraine, other western allies — including Canada — say they're not ready to give in. But can they fill the vacuum if America decides to cut and run?

Now that Donald Trump has won the necessary electoral votes, he will use his position as president to end the war between Russia and Ukraine because Russian President Vladimir Putin has Trump in his back pocket ( “Ukraine fires several US-made longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time,

Russian President Vladimir Putin has quietly expressed openness to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with US President-elect Donald Trump. Putin’s purported position was divulged to Reuters by five Kremlin insiders and added ammunition to Trump’s plans to freeze the Ukraine War at the start of his presidency.