Trump-Zelenskyy clash leaves Ukrainians reeling

At 9am on Saturday, a group of women spread to the busiest streets of the middle Kive and stopped traffic to observe a minute of silence. The opening lines of a loudspeaker national anthem counted 60 ticks before blurring – “Ukraine’s glory and independence have not been destroyed yet”.

As the music was echoed through the street, the drivers and passengers came out of their car and stood in a quiet respect.

It was an interesting display of respect, resilience and contempt-the feature of Ukraine’s response to Europe after World War II after the full-blown aggression of Russia.

And the next day after the clash with US President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vans, the Ukrainian President Vloadimir’s Jelenskaye’s flammable Oval Office clashed.

The Ukrainians, repeatedly strictly rally in the Russian invasion, are thriving their support behind their leader, which has greatly stressed Kiev’s relationship with Washington.

“Zelnsky played properly. Even if we spend a lot on it, it was about dignity, “Salomia Bobrovska says the opposition MP and a member of the parliamentary committee on national security and intelligence.

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“It was a choda ceremony and Trump didn’t hide [his disdain]”He said on behalf of Jensky.” With respect to those who helped us, just relying on themselves is a great reminder of the need. “

Inna Sowon, anti -Kiev lawmaker Inna Sowon, has called on his indigenous “to stay calm”. “This is not our worst face – though, like a knife in the back, it is most submerged when it is unexpected,” he said.

Some saw a very public row as a victory for the Kremlin.

Ukrainian writer and former soldier Stanislav Asiev X said in a post, “When he said that there was a huge ocean between Russia and the United States, President Trump seems to be exaggerated,” America was closer to Moscow at any time in America’s history. “

Throughout Ukraine, there is a true idea that the country has entered the most dangerous stage of the war since the Russian attack on Kiev during the opening weeks of the campaign three years ago. Trump’s allegations that Zelnsky “gambling with three World War” “deepens anxiety.

An official adviser who was watching the play at a dinner party at Kiev on Friday evening described the feeling “in danger”, fearing that the US president’s hostility would lead Ukraine to the sacrifice. “Trump insulted the Ukrainian President,” said the advisor.

The Ukrainians hoped that Trump and Zensky would sign a mineral agreement – a step in Zelnsky saw as important to secure US support for future ceasefire guarantee. However, a man present with Zensky in the Oval office told FT that the agreement was left unattended.

Vloadimir Fesseko, director of the Penta Center for Political Studies, said that Kiev Think-Tank, he hoped that Trump and Zelnsky’s position were not fully integrated during peace talks-“but this happened long ago than his thoughts.”

“Consider.. [at some point]”Fesseko said.

He said that the western now in the relationship between Jensky and Trump and at the inter-state level “both face a full-enhanced” crisis “.

The shouting match encouraged Ukrainian concerns about the elasticity of US support.

Members of the Ukraine Parliament and the frontline soldiers said they feared recovery from the United States, which has provided $ 66 billion military assistance in the last three years.

Trump can reduce the protection assistance that Ukraine needs to prevent the progress of Russian forces in the battlefields of Eastern Ukraine and to shoot its critical infrastructures and drones in its critical infrastructure.

It can also cut the starlink connections provided by Elon Mask SpaceX, which is widely used to communicate and manage drones across 1,000 km of frontline by Ukraine’s military. Any weakness of US assistance will give Moscow an advantage.

“It is not only about weapons-also importantly, providing Ukraine to Ukraine with real-time information related to Russian missiles and drone launch, on which we are fully dependent on,” the former president of Jelnsky, who criticized Petro Poroshenko, and a close friend of the ally.

Ariav said that Ukraine and the United States need to find “diplomatic solutions” to repair the relationship so that the Trump administration will maintain already agreed assistance “.

According to Ukrainian and US officials, the Congress is about $ 3.85 billion of dollars that were approved for additional withdrawal from the Pentagon stock.

“Both sides are in fault but Ukraine is in a more vulnerable situation,” said Arev. “So we need to keep all the images and emotions separate and focus on [getting] The result. “

Saturday Zelnsky went to social media to thank Trump and the US people for their “important” assistance. However, he emphasized that it was important to be “honest and direct” and it was important to reiterate his position about ceasefire.

Gelnsky writes, “As President Reagan once said,” peace is not just the absence of war. “We are talking about justice and permanent peace – freedom, justice and human rights for everyone. He will not work with Putin in a ceasefire. He has broken the ceasefire 25 times in the last 10 years.”

Extra Report of Kiev