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What he said is still political games,
Gennady Bystrukhin told AFP in Kyiv Trump does not know at all what Russia and Ukraine are, and the relationship between Russians and Ukrainians,
said Sergiy Prokofiev, another resident of the capital It is some kind of senile insanity,
Kyiv resident Daniil told AFP He can think anything and say anything, but Ukraine will never be Russia,
Ukrainian soldier Mykola told AFP on a street in central Kyiv He just wants to stand out somehow,
he added, suggesting Trump was attempting a different approach to previous mediators on ending the war Any phenomenon can happen with a 50 percent probability -- either yes or no,
[Ukraine] may make a deal. They may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday. But we're going to have all this money in there [Ukraine] and I say, I want it back,
Trump said in a Fox News interview that aired Monday Ukraine 'may be Russian someday', Trump says. He wants rare minerals in return for US aid to Ukraine. This after unleashing trade wars, making land grabs in Greenland, Canada, Panama and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Is he playing a computer game?"
Prem Sikka, an emeritus professor of accounting, wrote on X Buying weapons is fine. Fair trade. But there is no world where I 'may be Russian one day.' We have our own language. We are our own people."
Oleg Kostour, a Ukrainian app founder, wrote on X All of this is being decided now
Zelenskyy added in a video address published on social media If we are talking about a deal, then let's do a deal, we are only for it.
Zelenskyy made overtures towards working towards such a deal in comments to Reuters on Friday Security of people, security of our state, security of economic relations and, of course, our resource sustainability: not only for Ukraine, but for the entire free world,
We are going to have all this money in there, and I say I want it back. And I told them that I want the equivalent, like $500 billion worth of rare earth,
The fact that a significant part of Ukraine wants to become Russia, and has already, is a fact,
he told reporters, referring to Moscow's 2022 annexation of four Ukrainian regions Strikes on strategic targets involved in the Russian armed aggression against Ukraine will continue,