Russia's pause is not being taken seriously in Ukraine, for the most part. It has been greeted instead as more of a propaganda exercise.
"I don't believe there will be any ceasefire," said Tetyana Kondratenko, 42, a shopkeeper in Khotin in Sumy - about six miles from the Russian border. "Lately the shelling has only intensified."
In Novosofiivka in Zaporizhzhia, Antonina Sienina, 35, says any ceasefire should come with solid guarantees. But she has mixed feelings. "Honestly, we would be happy even for just one day without explosions," she adds. "My children are exhausted." |
