Kyiv Residents React to Trump Saying Ukraine May Be Russian Someday

DW News reporters go to Kyiv streets immediately after Trump suggested Ukraine may end up as Russian territory and capture raw civilian reactions — disbelief, anger, fear, and defiance from people who have been living under bombardment while the US was supposedly their primary backer, Kyiv, Ukraine, February 2025. Featuring Kyiv civilians. February 11, 2025: a sitting US president suggests that Ukraine, under active military attack, might someday be Russian.

Who: Kyiv civilians — shoppers, commuters, residents — stopped on the street by DW News reporters the day after Trump made his statement about Ukraine potentially becoming Russian

What: DW News reporters go to Kyiv streets immediately after Trump suggested Ukraine may end up as Russian territory and capture raw civilian reactions — disbelief, anger, fear, and defiance from people who have been living under bombardment while the US was supposedly their primary backer.

Where: Kyiv, Ukraine

When: February 2025

Why: February 11, 2025: a sitting US president suggests that Ukraine, under active military attack, might someday be Russian. The DW team was on Kyiv streets the next day capturing what ordinary Ukrainians said about that. Not government spokespeople, not military officials — people on sidewalks processing the statement in real time. The date and location make this irreplaceable.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYY9Vj41DkI

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