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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Andrew Roth in Washington

Trump refuses to say whether he wants Ukraine to win war against Russia

Donald Trump
During the presidential debate Donald Trump refused to say if he wants Ukraine to win the war against Russia. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Donald Trump sidestepped a direct question at Tuesday evening’s presidential debate on whether he wanted Ukraine to win in its war against Russia, underlining concerns that a second Trump administration could suspend military support for Kyiv.

Asked directly by ABC’s David Muir on whether or not he wants Ukraine to win the war, he did not answer the question and said simply: “I want the war to stop.” He focused on the war’s human toll by saying that people were being killed “by the millions,” a number that hasn’t been confirmed by any country or international organisation.

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