- Title: Kyiv residents doubt Trump-Putin talks can lead to peace, resigned to negotiate
- Date: 17th March 2025
- Summary: KYIV, UKRAINE (MARCH 17, 2025) (REUTERS) ST. SOPHIA'S CATHEDRAL SOLDIERS WALKING UKRAINIAN FLAG FLYING VARIOUS OF DESTROYED RUSSIAN BMP-2 INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE (IFV) ON DISPLAY PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET (SOUNDBITE) (English) MEDICAL STUDENT WHO WORKS AT KYIV INSTITUTE OF REHABILITATION, VLADYSLAV PRYIMACHENKO, 21, SAYING: "I'm Ukrainian. Like this is the person who atta
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- Keywords: Donald Trump Vladimir Putin Zelenskiy ceasefire peace talks
- Location: KYIV, UKRAINE
- City: KYIV, UKRAINE
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001937517032025RP1
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- Story Text: Ukrainians in Kyiv were doubtful that U.S. President Donald Trump's talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin could lead to a durable peace on Monday (March 17), but were resigned to the talks taking place.
While some were outright certain that the meeting between the two leaders would be fruitless, others still expressed hope that the country's 2022 borders could be restored.
"Trump is the president of the United States, like, the most powerful country in the world and hopefully our ally, but it's like a really questionable thing now. So, we need to work with him," said 21-year-old medical student Vladyslav Pryimanchenko.
"It's not a question whether it's possible to do it or not. That's the reality, we should do this."
Trump said he plans to speak to Putin on Tuesday and discuss ending the war in Ukraine, after positive talks between U.S. and Russian officials in Moscow.
Trump is trying to win Putin's support for a 30-day ceasefire proposal that Ukraine accepted last week, as both sides continued trading heavy aerial strikes through the weekend and Russia moved closer to ejecting Ukrainian forces from their months-old foothold in the western Russian region of Kursk.
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