{"id":87706,"date":"2025-02-27T15:49:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=87706"},"modified":"2025-03-06T16:15:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:15:50","slug":"ukrainian-refugees-in-wales-feel-betrayed-by-donald-trumps-rhetoric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/ukrainian-refugees-in-wales-feel-betrayed-by-donald-trumps-rhetoric","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian refugees in Wales feel betrayed by Donald Trump\u2019s rhetoric\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This week sees the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine with Donald Trump seemingly aligning with the Russian rhetoric. What do  Ukrainian refugees think of their adoptive country and Ukraine&#8217;s future?\u202f&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukrainian-refugees-in-Wales.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukrainian-refugees-in-Wales.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukrainian-refugees-in-Wales-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukrainian-refugees-in-Wales-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukrainian-refugees-in-Wales-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukrainian-refugees-in-Wales.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukrainian-refugees-in-Wales.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukrainian-refugees-in-Wales-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukrainian-refugees-in-Wales-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukrainian-refugees-in-Wales-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nearly 8000 Ukrainian refugees have found sanctuary in Wales since the start of the war in February 2024. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Larysa Martseva and her two children hid in the basement as Russian soldiers massacred civilians in the streets of Bucha, a town 20 miles northwest of Ukraine\u2019s capital, Kyiv. Larysa spent three weeks in that cold, damp place before fleeing to an abandoned ski resort and finally settling in Cardiff, leaving everything behind except her children and two dogs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Donald Trump came to power, Larysa thought he was a cunning man who may force Putin to withdraw from Ukraine, but now she believes he admires and loves the Russian president.\u00a0\u00a0Even as Ukraine&#8217;s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to visit the US this week, Larysa feels insulted by Trump&#8217;s rhetoric blaming Ukrainians like her for Vladimir Putin\u2019s decision to invade their country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are responsible for the war? I am furious! I am insulted!\u201d Larysa says while hosting a gathering in Cardiff to commemorate the third anniversary of the war. \u201cI can\u2019t believe that the president of the greatest country in the world would lie without any shame.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>War crimes, continuous bombardment and siege of Ukrainian towns and cities have forced nearly seven million people out of the country since Putin ordered his troops to march into Ukraine. Around 250,000 people came to the UK, and approximately 8000 are settled in Wales.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refugees say Wales has treated them with love and respect and has been a sanctuary away from the devastation, but it is difficult to enjoy the peace and calm while their country is pummelled with rockets and drones.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Larysa-Martseva-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Larysa Martseva&#8217;s hometown of Bucha was subject to Russian war crimes. She and her children hid in the basement for safety. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ihor Dymtrenko, 64, came to Cardiff in May 2022 from the northeastern city of Sumy with one of his sons who was extremely disturbed by the bombing raids. His wife and another son stayed back to take care of her ailing sister.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHere it is peaceful. We have a good life. Cardiff has become our home,\u201d Ihor says stringing together a few English words he knows and using Google translate. \u201cBut in some ways, it can never be the real home while my wife and son are in constant danger.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ihor is now learning English and attending the Orthodox Church near Cardiff Bay where he has met other refugees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As this week marks the third anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, refugees remain fearful of their country\u2019s future, not because of the aggressor from the east but because of the rhetoric from their strongest ally across the Atlantic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a month since assuming office as the President of the United States, Trump has held direct talks with Putin, sidelining Zelenskyy and other European nations. He has blamed Ukrainians for the war, has demanded its mineral resources in exchange for US support and called Zelenskyy a dictator for not holding elections \u2013 a Russian talking point.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Kateryna-Gorodnycha-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Kateryna-Gorodnycha-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Kateryna-Gorodnycha--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Kateryna-Gorodnycha--770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Kateryna-Gorodnycha--293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Kateryna-Gorodnycha-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Kateryna-Gorodnycha-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Kateryna-Gorodnycha--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Kateryna-Gorodnycha--770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Kateryna-Gorodnycha--293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ukrainian journalist Kateryna Gorodnycha says she is not Volodymyr Zelenskyy&#8217;s support but he is not a dictator.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this flurry of activity and promises of peace deals, Larysa is not sure the war will end anytime soon. She organises events every February to remember the fallen and tries to uplift the mood by assuring her friends they would not see each other the next year as the war would be over. No assurances were made this year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t say it because it\u2019s obvious it\u2019s not the last anniversary and maybe we would be commemorating the anniversaries for the next five years&#8230; The Americans and the Russians are going to decide Ukraine\u2019s destiny without Ukraine. It\u2019s an insult,\u201d she says. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kateryna Gorodnycha, who worked as a journalist in Kyiv<s> <\/s>believes that Trump and Putin are modern colonialists for whom Ukraine does not matter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t matter anymore. It\u2019s just a bigger game between some empires. It\u2019s going to be like new colonialism. I see both Trump and Putin as similar people. They have the same mindset,\u201d she says.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ihor-Dymtrenko-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ihor-Dymtrenko-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ihor-Dymtrenko-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ihor-Dymtrenko-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ihor-Dymtrenko-1-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ihor-Dymtrenko-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ihor-Dymtrenko-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ihor-Dymtrenko-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ihor-Dymtrenko-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ihor-Dymtrenko-1-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ihor Dmytrenko came to Cardiff from northwestern Ukrainian city of Sumy, he learning English and is a regular at city&#8217;s Orthodox Church. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kateryna, 46, did not vote for Zelenskyy and is still opposed to him. However, she firmly stresses he is not a dictator.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe [Zelenskyy] is staying in his position lawfully because Ukrainian law forbids elections during wartime and there is logic in that,\u201d she explains. \u201cI don\u2019t want Zelenskyy as my president, but I still think he is the president legally. He is not a dictator.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ihor, Larysa and Kateryna have pinned their hopes on the UK and Europe\u2019s support for their country.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to say it, but no, Ukraine can\u2019t fight Russia without the US support. But we stand an outside chance if the UK and Europe come together for us. We are all in the same boat and we must resist,\u201d says Kateryna.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1666\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-1024x1666.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-1024x1666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-770x1253.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-944x1536.jpg 944w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-1259x2048.jpg 1259w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-293x477.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-1400x2278.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-scaled.jpg 1573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1666\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-1024x1666.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-1024x1666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-770x1253.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-944x1536.jpg 944w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-1259x2048.jpg 1259w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-293x477.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-1400x2278.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/Ukraine-graphic-final-scaled.jpg 1573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Larysa says UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s announcement about sending British soldiers to Ukraine as peacekeepers has given her more hope.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUkraine is exhausted, but we will not surrender. I think we will not lose the war till we have support from Great Britain,\u201d she says.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump appears to align himself with Russian rhetoric over war in Ukraine. 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