Trump sparks elation in Moscow, but some caution against overexuberance

On the one hand I’m against negotiations because everyone understands that this bastard [Putin] will attack again in a couple of years, unless he dies,

said Serhii

The thing with Trump is that he’s totally unpredictable,

said one army officer who had recently returned from the frontline in Donbas but did not want to be named

I feel disappointed and angry. There is no certainty that this war will end for us, because Trump does not perceive us as an equal party in these negotiations,

said Oleksii, a 34-year-old working for an IT company

It feels like Ukraine is being screwed,

said Litovchenko, a personal trainer who was born in Kyiv and has stayed in the city throughout the three years of full-scale war

Today he says one thing, tomorrow another, and we know that the most important thing for him is his ego. So maybe when he sees that everyone is saying he has been outplayed by Putin, he’ll get offended and change course again. We can at least hope,

he added

We saw how he was during his first presidency … Putin’s doormat,

he said

We share President Trump’s desire to bring this barbaric war to an end. Russia could do this tomorrow by withdrawing its forces and ending its illegal invasion,

the spokesperson said