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KYIV, Ukraine AP 鈥?Soldiers in a Ukrainian artillery battery on the front lines in the countrys east were only vaguely aware Wednesday of American election results pointing to Donald Trumps victory. But they were firm in their hopes for the nex crocs t president of the United States.READ MORE: How global leaders are reacting to Trumps election winTheir entrenched artillery battery fires on Russian forces daily 鈥?and takes fire nearly as often. Just the other day, one of their overhead nets snared a Russian drone. I hope that the quantity of weapons, the quantity of guns for our victory will increase, the unit 39-year-old commander, who goes by the name Mozart, said in the hours before Trumps win was confirmed. We don ;t care who the president is, as long as they don ;t cut us off from help, because we need it. The soldiers, who use their Starlink connection to the internet sparingly, learn adidas samba ed of the U.S. election results from Associated Press journalists.Trump election throws into doubt American support for Ukraine 鈥?and ultimately whether Kyiv can beat back Russia invasion. But Mozart 鈥?who like other soldiers Wednesday did not give his name in keeping with Ukrainian military protocol 鈥?is among many Ukrainians who hope that Trump will hold the line on American support for their country. Russian forces have recently made gains in the east, although the commander described asics the front-line situation as static. Yurii Fedorenko, commander of a Ukrai