Ukrainian's 'not expecting drastic change in US policy' after midterms

Turning next to more international reactions, and we can go across to Emmanuel Scherr standing by in Kyiv for us. Emmanuel, good afternoon. Talk us through any reactions coming to these midterm results. Well so far Delano, no reaction from Volodymyr Zelensky. He was in Berlin yesterday when he highlighted the help already given by America and for which he said Kyiv was grateful but he also highlighted the need for Europe to stand up and increase its own defense strategy. Now Today, there was a headline in the Ukraїnska Pravda, the Ukrainian online media, saying that Trump, I quote, comes up with an excuse for his party's election defeat. And I think that kind of sets the tone of what is understood about this election here, that it is very much what you were mentioning, a referendum on Donald Trump in the U.S. and that it concerns U.S. policy. But when it comes to what Ukrainians think about. There might be some relief today to the fact that there is a blue wave overtaking the Congress. However, Ukrainians also know that in terms of U.S. foreign policy is still very much up to what Donald Trump will take when it comes to decisions regarding Ukraine. So there is hope that the House of Representatives will be able to perhaps try and... Pressure the White House, especially when it comes to delivering aid, equipment that has already been promised, and maybe pressure also towards the Russian aggressor in the form of sanctions. But there's also very much the awareness that in the near future, Washington's policy towards Ukraine might not change very quickly. Emmanuel, we had Democrats, we have Democrats who have won big, but we've also seen a lot of progressive candidates winning in Tuesday's elections and candidates who ran on messages like, let's invest in U.S. education, let's invest in American health care, let's stop funding foreign wars. I know the Trump administration has not been funding Ukraine, but how is this message from Democrats and a new wave of Democrats likely to be received in Kyiv? Well, with understanding also, because when I speak to Ukrainians here, they also very much understand that the war that is currently happening, unfolding on Ukrainian soil might not be the primary concern for the US electors, if you will. So there is understanding from the Ukrainian population towards it. And in any case, As I was saying, Ukrainians do not expect the U.S. policy to drastically change from one day to the next. But, of course, there's the hope that at least it will not become detrimental to Ukraine. For example, if the U.S. decided to stop intelligence sharing or if it will continue to withhold some life-saving equipment, such as the Patriot missiles, which Ukraine so direly needs to ensure its own air defense. Emmanuelle, thank you very much for that. Emmanuelle Charles there giving us the view from Kyiv.