New York City’s Ukrainian community ‘disappointed’ after Trump’s ‘betrayal’

<p>As the US upends decades of foreign policy, those watching the war unfold from miles away resolve to stand strong</p><p>Members of New York’s large Ukrainian community expressed a mix of disillusionment, betrayal, defiance and acute uncertainty about what the future holds for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine">Ukraine</a> after tensions escalated this week between <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a>.</p><p>Geopolitical events in the last week have shocked Ukrainians at home and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/20/when-has-russia-ever-kept-its-promises-ukrainians-furious-over-trumps-plan-to-end-war">overseas</a> as well as US lawmakers and allies, as the US president appeared to heavily favor the Russian president Vladimir Putin to dictate peace terms on the eve of the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/23/new-york-ukrainian-community-trump-russia">Continue reading...</a>