'Many senior officials' in Ukraine wanted Trump to win - report While a defeat for the Democrats in the presidential election has widely been seen as bad news for Ukraine's leaders, one report suggests the change of White House resident may be less unpopular in Kyiv than most assumed. According to an article in The Economist, "many senior officials" in Ukraine were hoping for a Trump victory. It says they had grown tired of Joe Biden's frequent proclamations of strong support while refusing to allow them to use long-range missiles to strike deep inside Russia and failing to avoid lengthy delays in military aid. "Faced with the choice of continued bare life-support or a wildcard president who would rip up the rules and almost certainly cut aid, they were prepared to gamble," the report says. Trump has previously promised to end the war within 24 hours of becoming president, although many fear that any deal he reaches with Vladimir Putin will involve major Ukrainian concessions - which would do little to deter further aggression from the Russian leader in Europe. This content is provided by , which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to cookies. To view this content you can use the button below to allow cookies for this session only.