Ukraine has to consider any ultimatums seriously - PhD in Political Science

He said this on Espreso TV.

"The war has made us vulnerable, and we are now in a very weak position, so we will have to take any ultimatums seriously. There are things without which we will not be able to continue fighting," Kapitonenko said.

According to him, there is a high probability that if Trump declares the termination of American aid to Ukraine, it is unlikely to immediately mean that Ukraine will agree to any terms of a truce or succumb to this pressure.

"But it will be difficult, because we have literally bet everything on the United States and the West in this war, and if the policy changes there, we will be the first to suffer," Kapitonenko said.

The associate professor at the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv added that Orban and the Europeans are also in a difficult situation, as Europe is facing a serious dilemma - security problems are getting worse and the economic situation is becoming more and more unstable. Compared to its key competitors, China and the United States, Europe is lagging behind in economic development.

"I do not exclude that there will be more and more people in Europe who will be inclined to Orban's views, that Europe should build a rather cynical and pragmatic foreign policy to protect its positions, a kind of multi-vector in European implementation, a balancing act that we may not like very much either," Kapitonenko emphasized.

• On November 6, Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke positively about Donald Trump's victory in his evening address. He noted that “we have the potential for stronger cooperation.”
• Also the next day, Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with Donald Trump.
• On November 7, the Wall Street Journal reported that advisers to the winner of the U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump, offered him several options for ending the war in Ukraine. In particular, Ukraine's refusal to join NATO for 20 years.