Ukrainians doubt Trump's ability to end war - poll
How to пишет Reuters, a significant number of Ukrainians doubt that Donald Trump can stop the war.
According to a December poll by research company Gradus Research, no more than a third of Ukrainians hope that hostilities will end by the end of 2025, 31% expect the war to continue “for years,” and another 31% found it difficult to answer.
"Kiev resident Lyudmyla Paribus is not holding her breath, expecting the new US president to end the war in Ukraine. Her skepticism is shared by many Ukrainians who have little faith in Donald Trump's promises to quickly conclude a peace deal after he enters the White House on Monday," the article says.
Many Ukrainians openly doubt Trump's peacemaking efforts, the agency writes.
"I don't have any hopes for him. In the end, it's up to us," a student in central Kyiv told Reuters.
Sales manager Margarita, 29, shares the same opinion. “Our destiny is in our hands. We cannot rely on anyone else,” she noted.
Once the owner of a thriving bakery in the Donetsk region and now a resident of Dnipro, Anna Gorbacheva, 55, told Reuters she believed Trump had a slim chance of bringing about peace but was prepared to leave her new home in Dnipro if the Russian army continued to advance.
"Putin will not stop in Donetsk, Zaporozhye or Dnepropetrovsk regions. He will go further," Gorbacheva is sure.
"I am someone who has lived through dozens of ceasefires, maybe 20," he added. "Each of these ceasefires lasted no more than five minutes."
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