The future president of the United States, Donald Trump, said a conversation with the president of UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky, in a call that took place after winning the presidential elections and in which billionaire Elon Musk also participated.
Trump, who spoke with Zelensky for 25 minutes on Wednesday, reiterated to the president its support for Ukraine, although he did not give details on how he would proceed, according to American digital media Axios, which cites sources with knowledge of the call.
The Republican promised during the election campaign – during which he previously spoke with Zelensky’s team and met with the president during his visit to the United States this year – a quick solution to the war with Russiawithout supporting any party and without criticizing the Biden government’s millionaire aid programs for Ukraine.
Trump was not the only one to promise aid to Ukraine: tycoon Elon Musk not only listened to the conversation, but also assured Zelensky that he would continue to support his country. via its Starlink Internet satellite network.
“Starlink is the backbone of Ukrainian military communications on the front, because everything else has been destroyed or blocked by Russia,” Musk said in a message on his social network X. According to Axios, at the end of the conversation , Zelensky felt calm. and said he interpreted the quick call as “a positive sign”.
According to this media’s sources, the Ukrainian also “estimated that the call went well and that it did not increase their anxiety about Trump’s victory. »
After knowing the election results, Zelensky He congratulated Trump on his X profile for his election victory and expressed confidence that “Ukraine continues to enjoy strong bipartisan support in the United States.”
The president said on the same social network that he had “an excellent conversation” with Trump and that he congratulated him “on his historic and decisive victory, a result that was possible thanks to his impressive campaign.”
Last year, there was controversy between Zelensky and Musk after the X owner took to his social network to make fun of Ukrainian for their requests for military and financial aid to face the Russian invasion. For his part, Zelensky criticized Musk for these remarks, as well as for his proposal that the country cede part of its territory to Russia in order to achieve peace.
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