Ukraine does not feel abandoned by US government, envoy says

Ukraine does not feel abandoned by the ⁠US government, its US ambassador, Olha Stefanishyna, has ⁠told reporters, adding that she expected President Donald Trump to discuss ending Russia’s war in Ukraine ‌during his State of the Union speech later today.

In a post on X, she said peace would “not come through concession to aggression” but “through strength”.

Trump’s “hand is only strengthened by levying new sanctions to constrain Russia’s war machine while strengthening Ukraine’s position through arms”, she wrote.