American community hopes President-elect Trump will continue U.S. aid for Ukraine and its refugees already in the country.

Both could feature in negotiations next year, if that’s the path Donald Trump intends to pursue. So far, the US president-elect has given very few clues as to how he intends to end the conflict, beyond a typically vainglorious promise to end the war in 24 hours.

President Biden has granted permission for Kyiv to carry out long-range strikes, but looming over Ukraine’s newfound latitude is the ascent of President-elect Trump.

It’s been a turbulent week for Ukraine, which was finally given approval to use US and UK-supplied long range missiles inside Russia but also faced intensified attacks from Moscow’s forces. As the third anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion approaches,

United States President-elect, Donald Trump, is considering appointing his former intelligence chief, Richard Grenell, as special envoy for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Guardian UK reports. The newspaper quoted four sources familiar with the transition plans.