EU officials also urge new US Congress to step up pressure on Russia to end the four-and-a-half-year war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says increased military and financial assistance from Washington could put pressure on Vladimir Putin to end the war and help bring peace talks closer. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview Wednesday that he hoped Democrats' midterm election victories would generate more help for Ukraine in its war with.