What would a Trump presidency mean for Ukraine? A lot of the speculation about a potential “betrayal” of the country centres on a possible cut-off in arms supplies, linked to the acceptance of Russian annexation of chunks of Ukrainian territory.
Territory and weaponry are both key questions. But another less discussed issue is also emerging as a vital topic: Ukrainian neutrality.
Senator JD Vance, Trump’s running mate for the presidency, came out in favour of a neutral Ukraine in an interview with the New York Times in June. Vance said that his approach would be to “guarantee both Kyiv’s independence but also its neutrality . . . Neutrality is clearly something that they [the Russians] see as existential for them.”