PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine’s fate could be sealed by the US midterm elections – as Donald Trump fights to avoid a political bloodbath.
The will shape how much power the US President has for the rest of his term in office.
And according to the polls, the is at risk of losing both the House of Representatives and the Senate amid a slump in Trump’s approval ratings.
If that happens, he will lose control of Congress and his ability to see through any future plans.
You can watch The Sun’s full explosive interview with President Zelensky
tellingly said: “A lot of things now depend on American elections.
“The result will have an influence either way.
“And of course it will have influence on a lot of different things, including Ukraine, including the war in Ukraine, including the attitude to Russians and different deals with them.
“So I think that we will see. I don’t know, but changes are understandable.”
Mr Trump sparked fury last week after telling reporters at the White House: “Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine.
“They haven’t been doing much.”
He delivered his comments just hours after one-year-old whilst strapped in her pushchair at a park in Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv.
Innocent Angelina’s teacher mum, Inna, 28, also died in the strike.
Mr Trump’s special envoy and golf-buddy Steve Witkoff fanned the flames further when he addressed Putin as ‘Sir’ during peace talks in St Petersburg and described him as ‘a humanitarian’.
Ukraine’s use of billionaire Elon Musk’s without warning – and saw thousands of used in the defence of Ukraine fall from the sky.
Inside his fortified presidential HQ, Mr Zelensky contrasted Mr Trump’s open desire to end the war and his cosying up to Putin.
Mr – who has vowed not to agree a peace deal at any costs – said the US must stop sucking up to the Kremlin dictator and shift its position.
The wartime leader said: “We need more support.
“There is no pressure (on Russia). No strong signals from the United States mean that Putin is doing well.
“How about the condemnation? We don’t hear condemnation of aggression. We need it.
“If the United States, our strong partner, understands that Putin’s goal is to occupy us and to destroy us, they can’t be on Putin’s side.”
