Ukrainians back Zelensky after disastrous Oval Office encounter

The more the country is attacked, the more unity there is, people in Kyiv tell the BBC.

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For those watching in Kyiv, the future of their country hung in the balance.

"It was an emotional conversation, but I understand our president," Yulia tells me next to Kyiv's golden-domed St Sofia's cathedral.

"Maybe it wasn't diplomatic, but it was sincere. It's about life, we want to live."

Yulia reflects a political pattern in Ukraine: the more the country is attacked, the more unity there is.

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