Ukrainians living in the UK are afraid of the war of Vladimir Putin on their country “came to the White House earlier this week after seeing the summit between Donald Trump and Volodimier Zelanski.
In July 2022, Monica Popaduk, who from Kiev to UK, said that she was “afraid of losing everything for the second time” if the devastating struggle is not abolished. The 28 -year -old quit his dream job as a lawyer in Ukraine’s Parliament and moved to the Rural Summerset under the British government houses for the Ukraine scheme.
Like many displaced Ukrainians, Ms. Popaduk wants to return to Kiev in her old life. But he does not feel that it will be possible despite Monday’s meeting in the near future Viewed as “real progress” By Prime Minister Sir Kir Stmper.
“Talk about ‘peace’, I don’t feel like peace,” he told Independent“It seems just like a stagnation. The war will begin again until Ukraine is given a real safety guarantee.”
He is worried that any peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian leaders will only “freeze” the war.
“It doesn’t seem that the Kremlin really wants to end this war,” he continued. “Even if the war is now frozen, it will resume in a few months or years, when Russia is stronger than today.”
When it comes to Ukraine’s winning field, Ms. Popadieuk feels that it will only work to embrace Russia: “It looks like very appeasement. History shows us that appeasement never stops aggressive. It only encourages them to continue.”
Three years after the onset of the Russian invasion, there are some young Ukrainians who have never seen their own country.
Liza Perebinis’s son was born in 2022, when Russia launched its full -scale attack on Ukraine, and is now considered a “child of war”.
“He does not know the war, but he will have this situation,” said 34 -year -old.
The boy is now three years old, and when he understands Ukrainian, he does not speak it. This hurts her mother that she cannot show her her country while the war continues.
Ms. Perebinis is from Donbas region and left Ukraine in 2014 when Russia canceled Crimea. She first went to China, and later moved to Germany, where she opened her yoga studio. Monday’s meeting, in which Washington DC also hosted prominent European leaders, There was no “success” In his view – it was only history that was repeating himself.
He told Independent: “We are already there. There has not been struggle since 2014 Or 2022. It has been here for centuries. This area has been forward and back.
“We have been cheated. Now leaving areas will mean the war will resume in three years or five years.”
Ms. Perebinis was disappointed with the coverage of Mr. Zelansky’s White House meeting, especially “absurd” focuses. Ukrainian President wearing a suit,
“It all looks like a show with a red carpet and shaking hands,” he said. “Wearing a suit was not the most important part to wear a suit.
“I was expecting real politics, but I don’t think a real decision was taken.”
37 -year -old Tetiana Schban, a Ukrainian entrepreneur in London, still goes back to Kiev to see her family.
“When you love something, it doesn’t matter whether it is dangerous or not,” he said. “I just need time to stay there and realized that Ukrainian energy.”
She came to the UK under the Ukraine Family Visa Scheme and now divides her time between London and Kiev. Prior to the war, Tetiana said that she had “almost ideal life”, then “started to start with scratches” when Russia attacked.
While Ms. Shacharban has a strong desire to return home more permanently, she said: “I don’t think this is the end. This chapter of war may end, but not the end of Russia’s plans.
“The feeling of danger for Baltic countries will not end yet. Russian publicity is still strong. The ideas on which they created their army and this war movement will never be present.”