Joe Biden urges European leaders to keep up military support for Ukraine as Donald Trump blames Zelenskyy for starting war
Mr Biden was in Berlin meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
In short:
Joe Biden has urged European leaders to increase their military support for Ukraine and shore up its civilian energy infrastructure ahead of a bleak winter.
Republican nominee Donald Trump said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should never have let "that war start".
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Mr Trump's comments further suggests he is likely to decrease US support for Ukraine if he wins the November 5 election.
US President Joe Biden urges the West to sustain its support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia, while Donald Trump blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for having started the war.
Mr Biden was speaking to reporters in Berlin where he is speaking with ally German Chancellor Olaf Scholz about several matters including the Ukraine war.
"As Ukraine faces a tough winter, we must, we must sustain our resolve," Mr Biden said.
"And I know the cost is heavy, but make no mistake, it bears in comparison to the cost of living in a world where aggression prevails, where large states attack and bully smaller ones simply because they can."
US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz laugh during their closed-door meeting.
He said he would talk to Mr Scholz about increasing military support for Ukraine and shoring up its civilian energy infrastructure "by unlocking the value of frozen Russian assets".
The pair were joined by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron.
"We discussed how to speed up our support for Ukraine" Mr Starmer told reporters afterwards.
"So as Ukraine enters a difficult winter, it is important to say we're with you."
Before leaving Germany, Mr Biden added there was no consensus for giving Ukraine long-range weapons.
Mr Zelenskyy has been requesting the weapons from Western nations for months to conduct deeper strikes into Russia.
"Right now, there's no consensus for long-range weapons," Mr Biden said.
Trump blames Zelenskyy for war's start
Meanwhile, Republican nominee Donald Trump has said Mr Zelenskyy was to blame for starting the war, a comment which further suggests he is likely to decrease US support for Ukraine if he wins the November 5 election.
The former president has frequently criticised Zelenskyy on the campaign trail, repeatedly calling him "the greatest salesman on Earth" for having solicited and received billions of dollars of US military aid since Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbour in 2022.
However, Mr Zelenskyy was not elected until April 2019, more than five years after Russia seized Crimea in its initial 2014 invasion, while its proxy forces took over a large part of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.
Mr Trump also suggested Ukraine may have to cede some of its land to Russia to make a peace deal, a concession Kyiv considers unacceptable.
Mr Trump and Mr Zelenskyy met in September, with both saying the visit was cordial.
His comments, on the PBD Podcast, went a step further than his previous criticism.
"That doesn't mean I don't want to help him because I feel very badly for those people. But he should never have let that war start. The war's a loser," Mr Trump said.
Mr Zelenskyy had presented his "victory plan" to end the war to Mr Trump during a meeting in New York in September, an encounter both leaders described as cordial.
Mr Trump's public comments, however, suggest he could seek to wind down aid for Ukraine if he defeats Vice-President Kamala Harris in the November election.
Mr Zelenskyy outlined his "victory plan" to European leaders in Brussels this week.
He has repeatedly said he could end the conflict before he takes office in January, but he has not said how.
Conversely, Ms Harris has pledged to continue supporting Ukraine, and she has portrayed a victory for the eastern European nation as a vital US national security interest.
She has frequently rebuked Mr Trump for being unwilling to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Mr Trump was impeached in 2019 by the House of Representatives — and later acquitted by the Senate — for abuse of power stemming from his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden.
Reuters
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