Grim outlook for Ukraine whoever wins the US presidential election

Donald Trump’s hostility is well known. Ms Kamala Harris is Ukraine-friendly but the extent of support is uncertain.

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Rescuers working at the site of a private house that was hit by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Oct 29. Nobody has more at stake in the United States presidential election than Ukraine, whose very existence as an independent nation may ultimately depend on how Americans vote in less than a week. The war in Ukraine – Europe’s most significant and bloodiest conflict since World War II – remains one of the most divisive topics of the Nov 5 US elections, with former president Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and Vice-President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, adopting very different views.

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