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"We don't expect anything," Ukrainians express skepticism ahead of Trump-Putin meeting

2025-08-12 07:57:00Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin

When US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet this week in Alaska to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, many are expecting a deal. Ukrainians are not among them.

After more than three years of war and peace talks that ended before they even started well, then negligible ultimatums, and thousands of deaths, Ukraine is trying to stand up to Russian military troops.

Optimism that there will be progress in the talks in Alaska, on August 15, is very dim in Ukraine – at least so far.

"There is not much to hope for any positive developments," a man in Kiev told Current Time television.

"I think it's a new phase in the chain of deadlines. I'm afraid the situation will drag on like this until the end of the current American president's term."

Ahead of the meeting, Washington appears to have begun preparing Kiev and Moscow for major compromises in order to end the war, as US Vice President JD Vance has warned that it is possible that both sides will remain dissatisfied with the final agreement.

Russia has repeatedly dismissed the idea of meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensly, saying that such a thing could happen after the parties are ready to sign a peace agreement, not a ceasefire agreement.

But that moment seems far away, due to deep differences in positions between the Russians and Ukrainians on many aspects, including territory and security, despite three rounds of direct talks in Turkey since mid-May.

Putin rejected Zelensky's proposal to meet face-to-face when the two countries held the first round of negotiations in Istanbul.

He said last week that he still has the same conviction, and that he has nothing against meeting with Zelensky, but that first "some conditions must be created," and that they are currently "very far away."

"I don't expect anything from the meeting. I only expect from the Ukrainian army," said a woman in Kiev.

The talks come at a crucial time, as Trump appears to be very angry with Putin. The Russian president, on the other hand, does not seem to be in the mood to give up on his initial goals.

Trump and Putin have had six phone conversations, while a senior American official has traveled to Moscow at least three times.

The decision to meet Putin face to face - something Trump's predecessor, Joe Biden, has refused at all costs since the start of the war - reflects the US president's belief that his relationship with the Russian leader will result in a lasting peace agreement.

For Putin, the meeting with Trump – without the presence of Zelensky or any other Ukrainian official – is a small victory, and reflects Putin's position that Zelensky is an illegitimate leader and that an agreement to end the war can only be reached with the United States.

The trip to the United States represents another victory for Putin, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on suspicion of committing war crimes.

Only member states of the court are obligated to stop it, while the Trump administration has a hostile approach towards the Hague tribunal.

However, a Ukrainian woman told Current Time television that while she does not expect progress as a result of the meeting, perhaps Trump will be able to push Putin on the path to peace.

"I'm not expecting anything anymore," she said. "But I'm actually hoping for something, and my friends are too, that Trump will do something." /REL


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