Trump Vows to Use Ukraine Aid as Leverage Against Russia
- President-elect says he wants to reach an agreement to end war
- Trump criticizes Ukraine over missile strikes into Russia
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President-elect Donald Trump said he would use US support for Ukraine as leverage against Russia to negotiate an end to the war, in an interview with Time Magazine.
Trump, a longtime skeptic of continued assistance for Ukraine in its fight to repel Russia’s invasion, was pressed in the interview — published on Thursday — on whether he would continue providing assistance for Kyiv.