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This election is over.  I would think it is not politics to describe what the President-elect or his team has said about the Russia invasion of Ukraine, to give some idea of the future of this conflict, and perhaps the effect that pending future on the current situation.  If the powers here feel this stretches too much into politics, then I guess they'll take it down.

BBC's "What Trump's win means for Ukraine, Middle East and China"

During the campaign, Trump repeatedly said he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in a day”. When asked how, he suggested overseeing a deal, but has declined to give specifics.
A research paper written by two of Trump’s former national security chiefs in May said the US should continue its weapons supply to Ukraine, but make the support conditional on Kyiv entering peace talks with Russia.
To entice Russia, the West would promise to delay Ukraine’s much-wanted entry into Nato. The former advisers said Ukraine should not give up its hopes of getting all of its territory back from Russian occupation, but that it should negotiate based on current front lines.
It’s not clear how far the former advisers’ paper represents Trump’s own thinking, but it’s likely to give us a guide to the kind of advice he’ll get.

The article doesn't indicate when that research paper was written.  Likely, a lot has happened since then:  Russia's advance in Donbas.  Extended strike capability by Ukraine;  The dwindling military stocks of Russia;  North Korean arms and soldiers; The conflicts in the Middle East.   I hope the US President-elect looks at the situation as of the time he takes office and takes all this into account.

Meanwhile, the current administration no longer has to include a looming election in its calculus.  I don't know how that might change things.

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This election is over.  I would think it is not politics to describe what the President-elect or his team has said about the Russia invasion of Ukraine, to give some idea of the future of this conflict, and perhaps the effect that pending future on the current situation.  If the powers here feel this stretches too much into politics, then I guess they'll take it down.

BBC's "What Trump's win means for Ukraine, Middle East and China"

During the campaign, Trump repeatedly said he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in a day”. When asked how, he suggested overseeing a deal, but has declined to give specifics.
A research paper written by two of Trump’s former national security chiefs in May said the US should continue its weapons supply to Ukraine, but make the support conditional on Kyiv entering peace talks with Russia.
To entice Russia, the West would promise to delay Ukraine’s much-wanted entry into Nato. The former advisers said Ukraine should not give up its hopes of getting all of its territory back from Russian occupation, but that it should negotiate based on current front lines.
It’s not clear how far the former advisers’ paper represents Trump’s own thinking, but it’s likely to give us a guide to the kind of advice he’ll get.

The article doesn't indicate when that research paper was written.  Likely, a lot has happened since then:  Russia's advance in Donbas.  Extended strike capability by Ukraine;  The dwindling military stocks of Russia;  North Korean arms and soldiers; The conflicts in the Middle East.   I hope the US President-elect looks at the situation as of the time he takes office and takes all this into account.

Meanwhile, the current administration no longer has to include a looming election in its calculus.  I don't know how that might change things.