Six days ago, an article entitled US election weighs on Ukraine's frontline soldiers was published on the BBC website.
The article said that Ukrainians, who wanted military actions to continue, were hoping for a victory for Ms. Harris.
And those Ukrainians, who wanted peace, were hoping for a victory for Donald Trump.
See the quotes below.
The article said that Ukrainians, who wanted military actions to continue, were hoping for a victory for Ms. Harris.
And those Ukrainians, who wanted peace, were hoping for a victory for Donald Trump.
See the quotes below.
As she (a Ukrainian female supporter of continuation of military actions) sweeps up broken glass outside her shop, Inna knows her country’s future is in the hands of Americans voting more than 5,000 miles away.
“We hope that the woman, Kamala Harris, will win and support us,” she says.
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“Of course we are worried about the outcome [of the election],” she adds. “We want to defeat the enemy!”
Andriy (a Ukrainian male supporter of continuation of military actions) and his fellow Ukrainians are nervously awaiting the US vote on 5 November. The uncertainty is stifling battlefield ambitions and frustrating political efforts to secure more help.
Western allies often look to America’s example when deciding how or whether to support Kyiv’s war effort.
“When we hear how one candidate, who is less willing to help us, is leading in the polls, it’s upsetting and frustrating,” says Andriy.
There is almost endless coverage of the US election on Ukrainian news programmes, with war projections based on the potential winner.
Kamala Harris is undoubtedly seen as Ukraine’s preferred candidate…
But there are also Ukrainians who think differently.
See the quotes below.
But across Ukraine’s south and east, we find a growing number of people who want the war to end immediately, and see a Donald Trump presidency as the best chance of bringing respite.
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There’s a feeling here that Ukraine should have negotiated at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, to prevent the death and destruction they’ve seen since.
“Death is not worth territory,” as one woman put it. “We have to stop this war, and Trump is the person who knows how to do that.”
The picture above is taken from the thread Nazi insignia on Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk region.
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