Some in Kyiv think deal touted by US president is unrealistic but others have he will help end the war
People in Kyiv expressed a mixture of hope and scepticism on Tuesday that Donald Trump can end the war in Ukraine, as, but did not mention Ukraine, or explain how he might persuade Vladimir Putin to engage in negotiations almost three years after his full-scale invasion.
“I think a deal is unrealistic. Trump is blah blah blah,” Valeriia, a 23-year-old shop worker, said. “He promised to end the conflict in 24 hours. That won’t happen. My friends are split 50-50 between those who think he can do something, and those who don’t.”Valeriia, standing in front of a McDonald’s damaged by a Russian strike, said her friends were split 50-50 on whether they think Trump can do something to end the war.“I watched the inauguration on TV. Trump impressed me.
His enthusiastic comments came after strained relations between Kyiv and the Biden administration. Ukrainian officials said the former president pursued an overcautious policy of crisis management, with military aid sent too late and in insufficient quantities to defeat Russia. US officials, meanwhile, dismissed Zelenskyy as unrealistic.
Berdynskykh said Trump’s promise to increase US oil and gas drilling was good news for Ukraine. It would push down the price of Russian oil, sent around the world in a shadow fleet, and used by the Kremlin to fund its massive war economy. “I don’t think Trump will give Putin Ukraine as a present. That would make America look weak,” she said., a commentator and former government adviser, said Trump wanted to the war to end quickly and for Ukraine to become Europe’s “internal” problem.
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