Ukrainian soldiers, exhausted and determined after nearly three years of defending their country, responded horribly to President Donald Trump’s call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
CNN spoke to three Ukrainian military personnel over the phone on Thursday, but President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would not agree to a peace agreement negotiated without Ukraine’s involvement.
“No one will prevent Putin from attacking us again and occupying another or even some more,” said Volodimia Sabreen, battalion commander of the 66th Mechanized Brigade. , fighting in the direction of Lyman in the Donetsk region.
“If Europe and America don’t help us, creating peace now is likely to lead to war in a few years,” the 36-year-old said.
“If we win the war, Russia cannot attack anyone for decades. If we lose and are forced to reconcile with the loss of our occupied territory, Russia will start wars one after another, and occupying the civilians, assimilating the civilians, and assimilating the Russians who will fight in the next war.”
Senior officials at SBU, Ukrainian intelligence agency, were more optimistic, praised Trump’s “acute disposition.”
“The best solution in this case is to take the attacker’s country from the position of strength to the negotiation table, provide real American weapons to Ukrainian soldiers, and that these people are not trivial “It’s about being able to demonstrate,” said 32. – Officer of the year who asked to be identified by Call Sign Vancourt.
Despite three years of tough war, Bambal said:
The soldier, who asked to be identified by the call sign musician, said, “I don’t think the war will end soon.”
“It seems like they will not even stop taking an operational pause to accumulate more power until Russia at least achieves its goal of capturing the Donetsk region,” Donetsk’s Pokrovsk.
He said the suspension in the battle would come as “relief because everyone was very tired for three years.”
“What happens next is important. How the army and military issues continue to develop and what we will do to strengthen the borders we have now. And You know how it ends.”
