US President Donald Trump may seek to bring the hot phase of the war in Ukraine to a halt ahead of the mid-term US congressional elections on November 3, according to the Office of the President of Ukraine. RBC-Ukraine, citing unnamed sources in the Ukrainian government, reports that Kyiv expects Washington, using a metonym without stating to which political party or branch of government it referred, to attempt to “calm down” the war before the autumn vote.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “We assume that the Americans intend to try to ‘calm down’ everything before their elections in the fall,” one source told the outlet. Sources also note that working contacts between Ukraine and the United States on resolving the war are continuing. Officials believe Trump could become more actively involved in the Ukraine issue due to the risk of the Republican Party losing control of Congress after the elections. According to a source at Bankova Street, the White House sees the tense pre-election environment as a factor that could push Trump toward more decisive steps to achieve progress on the Russo-Ukrainian War. Meanwhile, contacts between the Ukrainian government and Trump officials remain ongoing. One unidentified RBC-Ukraine source described a possible scenario of freezing the war along the current front line, provided that Ukraine receives security guarantees, as “still a very good” option.