MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. European Union leaders’ previous statements regarding their plans to compensate for the financial assistance to Ukraine if US President-elect Donald Trump decides to cut it off currently remain empty promises and idle talk, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov said on Tuesday.

"Statements made on behalf of all European leaders, [European Commission head] Ursula von der Leyen and others, prove that they are willing to pick up some of the costs if Trump cuts [Ukraine’s] funding," Azarov, who served as the Ukrainian premier from 2010 to 2014, said in an interview with Russia’s Rossiya-24 TV broadcaster.

"Even today, they are starting to set up some funds so that the Ukrainian regime avoids a deficit," he continued. "However, it’s just idle talk as of today, empty promises."

"We have witnessed on numerous occasions that these [promises] are either not always fulfilled or are only partially met," Azarov added.

The Ukrainian ex-premier also raised the question of whether outgoing US President Joe Biden would allow the Kiev regime to use long-range Western missiles to strike deep into Russia before Trump's inauguration, as some foreign media had previously suggested.

"I do not believe that Biden, who has had a long career as a politician and is very careful, would need to spend two months on such a venture. This is a very dangerous decision," Azarov added.

During his presidential election campaign, Trump repeatedly declared his intentions to end the ongoing Ukrainian conflict.

Vladimir Zelensky had often acknowledged that there was a risk of ending US support for his country if Trump assumed office in the White House. During his visit to the United States in September, Zelensky held talks with Trump, but many experts in Ukraine later doubted the effectiveness of that meeting.