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Donald Trump: “You have young soldiers being killed, thousands a week.”

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Published February 21, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:09

It's just so terrible. I see pictures that you fortunately don't get to see. You don't want to see them. And that is a killing field. You have young soldiers being killed, thousands a week. and we got to get it over with. It's bad for Russia and it's bad for Ukraine and it's bad for us on a humanitarian basis. (00:09–00:13)

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Asserts that thousands of young soldiers are being killed weekly in the conflict.

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