“I don't believe that a war of this magnitude can be ended in one day. It’s not realistic. This is a romantic idea…” says Volodymyr, 37th Marine Brigade battalion commander operating in Ukraine's Donetsk region. With the United States about to inaugurate Donald Trump as president for the second time, Ukrainian soldiers on the eastern frontlines voice their concerns about a possible cut in funding, and scepticism about the prospect of a brisk end to the war. During the US election campaign Trump said he could bring the war to an end in a day but has failed to say how he would do so, although some fear he envisions pressuring Ukraine to give up land that Russia has captured.
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00:00When was the last time there was such a war?
00:02Right, World War II.
00:04I mean, you can't stop such a war in one day.
00:09There is nothing to learn from yourself.
00:13It's normal.
00:14You saw something, you looked, you came.
00:16You didn't do at least one post.
00:19Do you understand? You don't cover.
00:21You...
00:30It literally takes at least half a year.
00:36Stabilization actions, demarcation line, and so on.
00:42I mean, I don't think you can end a war on such a scale in one day.
00:48And it's unreal.
00:50It's romanticism, let's say.
00:54The main thing is not to give up.
00:56Everything will be, everything is fucking rich.
00:59It's the same, I say, fuck it.
01:01Because you open it and only then...
01:04It is clear that it will be very difficult for us without American help.
01:08It, in principle, has always been delayed.
01:11It was not given in due time.
01:13Some military operations that took place there.
01:16Direct counter-offensive in 1923.
01:19Many advance brigades did not receive the equipment they were supposed to receive.
01:23And they received it after the counter-offensive.
01:25So, I say, it's all geopolitics.
01:28You see, in the geopolitical arena, let's say, in simple words,
01:34we are the exchange of coins.
01:37Period.
01:39...
01:46...
01:49...
01:57Maybe it will be a trigger for us to try to do something more with our own strength,
02:05to do more of our own production and so on and so forth.
02:12I guess that nothing will lead to a critical path.
02:17And if so, then we will fight anyway.
02:20We will not give up.
02:23We will fight.
02:25We have no other way on our land.
02:27Either with help or without help.
02:29...