Representatives of US President-elect Donald Trump have acknowledged in discussions with European partners that they will not be able to end the war in Ukraine swiftly but have promised to continue supporting the country.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and allies were meeting in Germany for the final summit on aid to Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office as the US president. Trump has been critical of his country's role in the conflict.

Ukraine's Western allies will gather with President Volodymyr Zelensky at a US base in Germany on Thursday in their last such meeting before Donald Trump returns to the White House in less than two weeks.

The elected President of the United States, Donald Trump, is gradually stepping back from his statements that he could end Russia’s war against Ukraine in one day. The Guardian reports, citing UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy,

At a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence after Congress certified his presidential victory, Donald Trump noted that Ukraine and Russia continued to lose many people and stressed that if he had been president,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed optimism that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's "strength and unpredictability" could play a decisive role in ending the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia.