“Congratulations to the president of the United States with a victory in the election. I hope that the new administration (of Donald Trump) will continue to support the course of Ukraine.”
– Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman
“Ukraine’s (President Petro) Poroshenko (and Foreign Minister) Pavlo Klimkin must now demand (of) Trump full clarity, explanation of his stance on Ukraine’s sovereignty!”
– Serhiy Kiral, lawmaker from the pro-European Samopomich Party
“The good news in all of this is that (Hillary) Clinton will never be able to disappoint us.”
– Razumkov Center Foreign Relations Director Oleksiy Melnyk
“The Kremlin must be spending so much money on champagne. The party must be rolling. It’s a bad day for America and a bad day for the world.”
– Reno Domenico, president of Democrats Abroad in Ukraine.
“Tell me I’m sleeping and this is a terrible nightmare!”
– Daria Kaleniuk, executive director of the Kyiv-based NGO Anticorruption Action Center
“Many questions will be asked by the new administration. The Ukrainian government will really have to show that progress is being made in reforms.”
– Andy Hunder, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
“(Trump has) a strong personality with unpredictable policy…we must be careful.”
– Mikheil Saakashvili, former governor of Odesa Oblast
“It’s 5 a.m. in Kyiv, but I am scared to go to bed now. With Trump in office, Putin can easily turn Syria, Ukraine into his new Chechnyas.”
– Ukrainian journalist Myroslava Petsa.
“Life goes on. Everything will be fine.”
– former Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius
