Putin would 'eat you for lunch,' Harris tells Trump in bitter clash over Russia and Ukraine

• Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic opponent Kamala Harris clashed repeatedly over Russia. President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in Tuesday night's closely-watched Presidential Debate.
• Harris told Trump that Putin "would eat you for lunch" and said if the Republican was president, "Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now," accusing him of being ready to abandon Ukraine after two and a half years of war and an immense military funding effort by the U.S.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, clashed repeatedly over Russia, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in Tuesday night's closely watched Presidential Debate.

Harris told Trump, who previously served as U.S. president, that Putin "would eat you for lunch" and said that, if the Republican were to become president, "Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now."

She also accused Trump of being ready to abandon Ukraine after two and a half years of war and an immense military funding effort by the U.S.

"Understand why the European allies and our NATO allies are so thankful that you are no longer president and that we understand the importance of the greatest military alliance the world has ever known, which is NATO," Harris said during the ABC News Presidential Debate, according to a transcript of the debate.

"What we have done to preserve the ability of Zelenskyy and the Ukrainians to fight for their independence. Otherwise, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv with his eyes on the rest of Europe. Starting with Poland," she said, before describing Putin as "a dictator who would eat you for lunch."

Trump rejected Harris' comments, claiming that the war would not have