A Ukrainian mother who lost her only son against Russia has accused Donald Trump of 'blackmail' and begged the American president: 'do not force us to kneel'.
Yuliia Piskova, 48, said that Washington 'humiliating' her nation after it had stopped the arms supply, sharing information and demanded that Volodymyr Zensky Beg for Peace.
Her son, Ruslan Piskovyi, 21, who stopped a promising career in kickboxing to record the weapons, was shot in the head near Bakhmut, Donetsk on April 18, 2023.
Father Valerii Piskovyi, 53, also fought on the front line, but withdrew after the loss of their only child.
Now, after tens of thousands of Ukrainians beside him died who defended their land, Mrs. Piskova asks why their most important ally abandons them.
Trump forces Zensky to sign a lucrative mineral deal that gives Washington access to their precious metals without any security guarantees against Russia.
He has ignored the means that Putin will just stop each -the fires will break, as he has done dozens of times before, and suggested Ukrainians who died at the front line, at all costs want peace.
But the American president and his vice -president, JD Vance, never visited Ukraine during the war and know nothing about the sentiment of the people who support Zolensky and refuse to bow to Putin.
A Ukrainian mother who lost her only son who fought against Russia has accused Donald Trump of 'blackmail'. Displayed: Ruslan Piskovyi, who died in Donetsk in 2023
Yulia Piskova and Valerii Piskovyi, parents of Ruslan, depicted
“What Trump does is blackmail,” said Mrs. Piskova, from Kiev, when he is asked what she makes from Washington that suspend military help while she does not take action against Putin.
'They force us, a country that suffers from an aggressor, just to fall on our knees. This is humiliating for us.
'For me personally, as for a mother of a fallen son who went to fight from the first day of the entire war, and for many other families, who got up to defend our country because we were attacked.
'And now, with all these dead, all the efforts of volunteers and soldiers, you put all of us to our knees.
“This is wrong. We are ready for conversations. The soldiers are tired – they are also ready to take a sort of break, just to have some silence. But don't force us to kneel. We won't kneel. '
Ruslan was a European Championship finalist and world championship silver medal winner Kickboxer before taking on the weapons against Putin's illegal invasion in February 2022.
Ukrainians have fought for the American ideals of democracy and freedom of the tyranny of Russia that moved to overthrow it after they had sought closer ties with the West.
Putin underestimates KYIV's resistance and is also struggling to support the war effort.
But since he came to power, instead of leaning heavily on Moscow, Trump has received his fire on Ukraine instead.
Yulia said that Washington 'humiliating' her nation after it had stopped the arms facility, had closed intelligence and Volodyymyr Zensky Beg for Peace (depicted: Donald Trump) had demanded)
Displayed: the grave of Ruslan Piskovyi, who died against Russian troops in 2023
He sees the minerals deal as essential for his peace plan and humiliated Zensky in the Oval Office last week to expect to ask for security guarantees. Now Kyiv is forced to groove to accept the conditions after their weapon supply and intelligence were cut off.
“Maybe it's a first step in the direction of security as business partners,” said Mrs. Piskova about the deal. 'But not in a way that Ukraine suffers from it, you know?
'Because if we look at history, centuries, Ukraine has always been used, somehow humiliated and we don't want that.
'We have a generation of young people who fight for justice and for their right to live here, in Ukraine.
“And I don't want them to suffer in the way our ancestors did centuries ago, to be humiliated.”
Trump has taken advantage of suggestions that he matches Russia and declares that in his last term he gave Ukraine -speaking and that Russia received nothing except sanctions and sorrow. “
Mrs. Piskova said: 'I have a question – what sorrow? I don't consider that sadness …
“Do they suffer? We are the ones who suffer, we are the ones who are confronted with a disaster.
'So many families have lost their houses, some have been killed together with their entire families, many have lost loved ones – a son, a husband.
“We are at war. Do you want to stop? Then make sure there are guarantees that they will no longer attack. Because Russia will attack. '
