From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦
With Trump’s return, conversations about Ukraine’s fate have once again been at the forefront of discussion — especially among those fighting on the frontlines, as we understand that our fate somewhat depends on this man’s decisions.
On the Eastern Front, together with my brothers-in-arms, we sit in a dugout, trench candles flickering as we warm our hands. Artillery fire rumbles in the distance like an approaching storm. My buddy, callsign John, exhales, shaking his head:
“Trump is back. He’ll fix everything and force those bloody Russians to negotiate.”
His words ignite a debate we’ve had a hundred times before, and here we start arguing again. We are chasing peace, but what if there’s no justice in it? What if all we get is a ceasefire – a frozen conflict that will only delay the next invasion?
That stuck with me. Once I returned to Dnipro for some R&R”, (now almost a frontline city), I began to wonder more: not just as a soldier in this war, but as a student of public policy, a writer, an authentic Ukrainian voice in the West and a Ukrainian citizen. This article is about what we feel here in Ukraine on the ground – what our soldiers and officers are thinking, and the civilians, volunteers, reporters and politicians. Could there even be a just peace for Ukraine, realistically?
Voice of Ukraine 