(21 Jan 2025)
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Kyiv – 21 January 2025
1. Anti-tank structure
2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Gunko, 31-years-old, local resident: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT; PARTLY OVERLAID WITH SHOTS 3 AND 4++
“Unfortunately, it will depend not on us, but on the US President, who takes into account the interests of his country, the United States. After his loud statements about Greenland, Canada, and Mexico, it is impossible to understand how he will behave and whether he will want to use Ukraine as a ‘bargaining chip’ or whether he will want to make it conditionally the 51st or 52nd state. Or, on the contrary, he will want to defend all democratic values and help Ukraine come out of this war in a victorious mood.”
3. Various of sandbags outside building
4. Wide of transformer destroyed during attack
5. Boy scaring birds
6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yulia Orediy, 42-year-old, local resident: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT; PARTLY OVERLAID WITH SHOT 7++
“I understand that America’s support is enormous, but we have to rely on ourselves.”
7. Wide of square in Podil district
STORYLINE:
On the streets of Kyiv on Tuesday, residents reacted to what Donald Trump’s presidency might mean for Ukraine and a possible end to the war with Russia.
“It is impossible to understand how he (Trump) will behave," said 31-year-old local resident Volodymyr Gunko.
"Whether he will want to use Ukraine as a ‘bargaining chip’ or whether he will want to make it conditionally the 51st or 52nd state. Or, on the contrary, he will want to defend all democratic values and help Ukraine come out of this war in a victorious mood."
During his presidential campaign, Trump said he could end the Russia-Ukraine war in one day.
He didn’t mention either country in his inaugural address, even if he did say he wants to be “a peacemaker and a unifier” more generally.
He has since changed that time frame, voicing hope that peace could be negotiated in six months.
His nominee for envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, says a deal could be brokered in 100 days.
Both Moscow and Kyiv have been seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks to end the conflict.
Trump told reporters Monday after taking office that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had told him he wanted to make a peace deal and voiced hope that Putin would follow suit.
He added that Putin would be destroying Russia by failing to make a deal, pointing out Russia’s economic troubles, including high inflation.
Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov dodged commenting on Trump’s statement, saying the Kremlin is waiting for “concrete proposals that could form the basis for contacts.”
On Monday, Putin praised Trump’s openness to dialogue as he spoke to Russia’s Security Council shortly before the inauguration.
Moscow is open to dialogue with the Trump administration on Ukraine, Putin said, emphasizing the need to respect Russia’s interests and adding that “the most important thing is to remove the root causes of the crisis.”
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