Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador said on Wednesday any decision by President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration to cut support for Ukraine would be a "death sentence" for the Ukrainian army,

Speaking to the UN Security Council, Russia’s deputy UN ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy accused the outgoing Biden administration of trying through its increased support to Ukraine to create a “mess, both in Russia and with the new team in the White House”.

Donald Trump’s pick for special envoy to Ukraine once proposed cutting military aid to the country to force Volodymyr Zelensky to the negotiating table.

During his election campaign, Donald Trump pledged to end the war in Ukraine quickly. One reason he wants to do so is because he does not want the United States to pay to defend the country. If Europe promised to find the cash – perhaps by drawing on the $300 billion of Russian foreign reserves that the West froze at the start of the war – the incoming U.