Zelensky says Ukraine will lose war if US cuts funding

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky told Fox News late on Tuesday that Ukraine would lose the war if Washington, its main military backer, pulled funding.

The Ukranian leader said it would be "very dangerous if we lose unity in Europe, and what is most important is unity between Ukraine and the United States".

US President-elect Donald Trump has campaigned on a promise to end US involvement in wars and instead use taxpayers' money to improve Americans' lives.

He has said he will bring the Russia-Ukraine war to an end within 24 hours, without saying how.

"If they will cut, I think we will lose," Zelensky told Fox News.

"Of course anyway we will stay, we will fight, we have our production but it is not enough to prevail and it think it is not enough to survive."

Asked if Trump would be able to influence Putin to end the war, Zelensky replied: "It will not be simple but yes he can because he is stronger than Putin.

"Putin is weaker than the United States. The President of the United States has the strength, authority and weapons, and he can decrease the price of energy resources."

On Tuesday, Ukraine fired US-supplied longer-range missiles at Russian territory for the first time, a day after the US gave permission for their use.