Ukrainians criticize Trump: “Need balls, no ballot papers”

“Is on the side of the enemy”
Ukrainians criticize Trump: “Need balls, no ballot papers”

Trump's statements after the American-Russian meeting provide discussions. Not only politicians are concerned. Many Ukrainian citizens also criticize the US President's approach. He deals with a “completely irrelevant question,” says a woman.

Many Ukrainians react incredulously and rejected to the allegations of US President Donald Trump, according to which the government in Kiev is to blame for the Russian war of attack and could have had peace. “I think this is the wrong policy and the wrong accusation of Ukraine. He (Trump) is on the side of our enemy,” said 50-year-old Oksana Krylowa in the center of the Ukrainian capital. “We have no other choice, we are forced to continue fighting, otherwise we will simply be destroyed.”

Trump had previously expressed himself about Ukraine and its President Wolodymyr Selenskyj. At a press conference in his club Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, he rejected concerns from Ukraine that she could be excluded from peace talks with Russia. The government in Kiev should have taken negotiations much earlier and should have concluded an agreement years ago, said Trump: “Today I heard: 'Oh, we were not invited.' Well, you have been there for three years, you should never have done it.

With a view to Selenskyj, Trump demanded new elections because the president only enjoys four percent approval among the population. Where Trump had the number or whether it was levied seriously, remained open. Surveys show a different picture. They currently see the approval values ​​for Selenskyj at around 50 percent. He has been in office since 2019.

Last year there were regular elections, but were exposed to the state of war. Selenskyj accused Trump, the US President lives in a “disinformation bubble”.

Ukrainians fear Russian interference in elections

“Elections during the war are impossible,” said the 59-year-old artist Olha Jurkewytsch. “Many people have left the country. This is a completely irrelevant question to spend resources for elections during the war.”

Ukrainian politicians had repeatedly said that elections during the war could be susceptible to Russian interference. They also referred to organizational problems, such as the coordination of soldiers who are fighting at the front, as well as people who are displaced by millions and people living abroad.

Selenskyj has announced that it will stop elections after the end of the war. But that can take time. Trump has announced that it would quickly bring about peace. The positions between Russia and Ukraine are still very far apart.

Russia has occupied a fifth of the Ukrainian territory and its troops move to the east. Kyiv and other cities are exposed to regular Russian rocket and drone attacks. Millions of people fled to other European countries before the war.

Anton Hrushetskyi, director of the Kiev International Institute of Sociology, said his surveys showed that the majority of Ukrainians were against elections during the war. “There is now no problem of legitimacy for the Ukrainians. Of course there are some occasional voices, but they are an absolute minority,” he said.

Putin satisfied with conversation between the USA and Russia

“Ukraine needs balls, no ballot papers,” said Parliament President Ruslan Stefantschuk. Ihor Vitek, a 54-year-old mentioned on the street, said that Ukraine had to contact European countries, especially with the Baltic countries and with Poland, and defend their interests. “Ukraine should pursue its own politics regardless of the United States,” said Vitek. “If America does not want to help, it should remain in its own sphere, it should take care of the Indochina region.”

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, however, was satisfied with the talks between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrow and his counterpart from the USA, Marco Rubio. He was informed about the course. “I appreciate them up, there are results,” quoted the Interfax Putin news agency.

The US delegation acted without prejudices, said the Kremlin boss. The purpose of the talks was to strengthen trust. However, Putin did not say when a meeting with US President Donald Trump can take place. He is looking forward to it, but it has to be prepared.