Zelensky says hopes US election means more support for Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he hoped the Democrat triumph in the US midterm elections would boost support for Kyiv and help end the war with Russia.
Ukraine and its European allies had been worried about the United States getting closer to Russia since President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year.
Ties between Trump and Zelensky have been turbulent, with tensions rising in recent weeks as the US leader criticised Kyiv and made a deal with President Vladimir Putin to ease sanctions in return for the release of Russian diesel.
“There is hope now that there is this balance of power, and that we will be supported more,” Zelensky told German broadcaste...