(2 Jun 2025)
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Kyiv, Ukraine – 2 June 2025
1. Wide of memorial of fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Independence Square
2. Various of people walking near the memorial
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleh Nikolenko, 43, Ukrainian serviceman:
"Who can they negotiate peace with? They can negotiate a prisoner exchange, that’s good. They won’t negotiate peace with anyone. And in general, the terms of peace that Russia puts forward and the terms of peace that Ukraine puts forward do not match at all. That is, as long as we hold on, Ukraine will stand. As soon as we say that is peace, then we can think about something bad, it seems to me."
4. Close of flags on memorial
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleh Nikolenko, 43, Ukrainian serviceman:
"When there will be talks about ending the war, then of course there will be some negotiations. But again, who makes the decisions? Not the people who have just arrived in Istanbul. They are not the ones making the decisions on the part of Russia. I don’t quite understand why we are raising this question when these people are not deciding this. That’s why it seems to me that not yet (negotiations will happen). But when there will be a couple more such cool operations (destroying Russian planes), then everything will change. But again, personally I don’t believe in it. Russia has invested too many resources in this war to just take it and stop for nothing. That’s when they can no longer do it, then they will stop, but then they will fall apart and I sincerely believe in it."
6. Wide of Nikolenko’s family walking near memorial
7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Anastasia Nikolenko, 38, Kyiv resident, designer:
"Will the diplomatic level lead to an end to the war? No. I am from Crimea, my husband is from Crimea. No. We need to show by force, by physical force, that we cannot be defeated."
8. Mid of family walking near memorial
9. Various of memorial
10. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yurii Polishchuk, 52, Kyiv resident, university lecturer:
"The events of the last few hours, when a third of the Russian strategic aircraft were destroyed, have significantly strengthened the position of our negotiators in Istanbul. However, it is difficult to hope that the terrorist state will change its intentions, its methods, its measures in relation to Ukraine. I, for example, cannot count on everything being resolved peacefully in the near future. At the same time, I am pleased that in three years this is the first opportunity in my memory of talks at the level of delegations, perhaps not even the most influential ones, about what can put an end to this war."
11. Various of people walking
12. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleksandr Polyak, 22, Ukrainian serviceman:
"The most critical and important thing is to exchange the Azov brigade soldiers, because they gave everything they had and they need to be returned. There was a thousand-for-thousand exchange and not a single Azov brigade soldier was missing. The guys are suffering there."
13. Close of Polyak’s burnt hands after Russian FPV drone attacked his car on the frontline
14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleksandr Polyak, 22, Ukrainian serviceman:
"Russia is a continuous war everywhere. And it’s not just in Ukraine. Russia is an aggressor who can’t stop doing all this. As long as Russia keeps doing all this, there will be no peace."
15. Various of memorial of fallen Ukrainian soldiers
STORYLINE:
Some Kyiv residents and military reacted to the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine with little faith in peace in the near future.
"Russia is an aggressor who can’t stop doing all this," he said.
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