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00:00Away from diplomatic discussions and international summits, Ukrainian soldiers continue to train
00:06in the hopes of repelling Moscow's forces.
00:09Russia now controls around a fifth of Ukraine's territory, mostly in the south and east.
00:14Donald Trump appears intent on ending the war with a deal that involves making concessions
00:19to Moscow, a troubling prospect for these soldiers.
00:23I think it will be chaos.
00:26The fighters, the guys who are now fighting for our land, for pieces of our land, I think
00:30they won't listen to Zelensky and will keep pushing because this is our land.
00:35How can we give it to someone just because they took it?
00:37I don't think it's going to work out.
00:41Trump's recent phone call with Vladimir Putin has prompted alarm among the soldiers.
00:46The White House only contacted the Ukrainian president at a later stage.
00:51The Ukrainians fear they will never be able to return home.
00:54Since the start of the war, some 6.8 million have fled the country, according to the UN
00:59Refugee Agency.
01:01Many have sought refuge in Poland.
01:05Right now the US government is saying that there is a possibility that we will not get
01:09these lands back.
01:11I do not agree with this at all.
01:13I do not want this because I want to return to Ukraine, I lived there as a child and I
01:18believe that Ukraine should be indivisible, should be one, because we are independent.
01:24According to a Ukrainian government source, Kyiv has not been invited to upcoming discussions
01:28between the US and Russia focusing on ending the conflict.
01:33Although the US insists that Kyiv will be involved, the source said that no delegation
01:38will be present at the talks in Saudi Arabia.