(1 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv, Ukraine – 1 May 2025
1. Wide of Independence Square
2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Diana Abramova, Kyiv resident, daughter of missing Ukrainian soldier Valentyn Stroyvans:
"To be honest, like every Ukrainian woman, I believe only in the best. Any news is hard to take, whether it’s about negotiations or something else. I still believe and hope that any action will yield some result that will lead our Ukraine to victory. Only to victory."
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Natalia Vysotska, 74, Kyiv resident:
"I think that such an agreement, on the one hand, is necessary for Ukraine, because the country will need to recover from the war. On the other hand, I don’t know what the terms of the deal are, so it may well be that they are not favorable to Ukraine at all. But if it was signed, then our experts must have compared the pros and cons. I hope it will be beneficial."
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Serhii Havrylyk, 35, Kyiv resident:
"On the one hand, if you read some sources, it seems that everything is not so bad and that this (signing the agreement) is some kind of security guarantee. On the other hand, we need to see what these conditions are. We don’t know them yet, and it’s not certain that we will ever see the full text of the document. If we see it, we will be able to give some commentary with an understanding of the matter."
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Iryna Vasylevska, 37, Kyiv resident:
"I feel terrible about all this. I feel terrible about the fact that our human resources in war are considered as meat. That our land is just a bargaining chip for the rest of the world and that we do not have our own full protection, but rely on someone. My vision is that instead of strengthening ourselves, we continue to give it all away. I feel sorry for our land and for our people. This is the only thing that is really happening. I am sure that there are other possible agreements, except those that will make us poor in all areas."
6. Wide of people Independence Square
STORYLINE:
Kyiv residents and family members of missing Ukrainian soldiers reacted to the U.S.-Ukraine mineral deal with mixed feelings on Thursday.
After months of tense negotiations, the U.S. and Ukraine signed a deal that is expected to give Washington access to the country’s critical minerals and other natural resources, an agreement Kyiv hopes will secure long-term support for its defense against Russia.
But few details have been shared about what the deal will entail.
Diana Abramova joined hundreds of others at a protest for the families of missing Ukrainian soldiers on Kyiv’s Independence Square.
Her father Valentyn Stroyvans went missing last year fighting in Toretsk in the Donetsk region.
She told the Associated Press she hopes that the world will unite to help to end the war and bring back their loved ones.
"Any news is hard to take, whether it’s about negotiations or something else. I still believe and hope that any action will yield some result that will lead our Ukraine to victory. Only to victory," she said.
Despite not knowing the details of the deal, 74-year-old university lecturer Natalia Vysotska expressed optimism, saying “if it was signed, then our experts must have compared the pros and cons. I hope it will be beneficial."
But others felt more depleted. For 37-year-old Iryna Vasylevska, the deal served as another reminder that “our land is just a bargaining chip for the rest of the world and that we do not have our own full protection.”
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