RememberUsAlways<p>“I don’t think that this ‘peace process’ is for Ukrainians’ sake. It is laughable that they pretend it is,” said Iryna, 26, a lawyer from Kyiv.</p><p>Iryna was among thousands of Ukrainians who got in touch with the Guardian to share how they felt about the Trump administration-led peace talks with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, which exclude <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>.<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a> <br>“It doesn’t seem like a negotiation to me, more like a cruel <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/auction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auction</span></a>."<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/21/what-ukrainians-think-of-trumps-peace-talks-with-putin-like-a-cruel-auction" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/21/what-ukrainians-think-of-trumps-peace-talks-with-putin-like-a-cruel-auction</span></a></p>