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Grim outlook for Ukraine whoever wins the US presidential election

Donald Trump’s hostility is well known. Ms Kamala Harris is Ukraine-friendly but the extent of support is uncertain.

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Rescuers work at a site of a private house which was hit by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Oct 29.

Rescuers working at the site of a private house that was hit by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Oct 29.

PHOTO: REUTERS

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Nobody has more at stake in the

United States presidential election

than Ukraine, whose very existence as an independent nation may ultimately depend on how Americans vote in less than a week.

The war in Ukraine – Europe’s most significant and bloodiest conflict since World War II – remains one of the most divisive topics of the Nov 5 US elections, with former president Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and Vice-President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, adopting very different views.

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