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Brent Goff | Nick Connolly in Ukraine | Max Hofmann in Berlin
November 7, 2024

Ukraine depends on aid from Germany and the United States in its war against Russia. Now Donald Trump is returning to the White House, and Olaf Scholz's coalition government is on the verge of collapse. Where does that leave Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine?

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