“I think if Trump is a man of his word, the ceasefire should take hold. Many people make suggestions, but that does not mean they can implement them. Look at our situation!” Viktor Silin, a resident of Kostyantynivka, told Rudaw on Tuesday.
The couple was at home on Tuesday, awaiting the announcement of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, when a sudden missile attack struck their house, and they barely managed to escape.
The missile strikes in Kostyantynivka damaged 18 houses, and despite continued bombardments, people are busy immediately repairing their houses. They say they have nowhere to go.
“No one knows what will happen to the situation, but people are tired of this war. I don’t know what the situation will be like today, but I would like to believe it will end, which is difficult, because there is no one to make the final decision,” said Alexandr Belogorodko, another Kostyantynivka resident.
A curfew has been imposed on most cities in eastern Ukraine after 8 pm, and most villages have been evacuated.
Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kyiv has accepted a 30-day ceasefire proposal with Russia after peace talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia.
The Kremlin said the following day that it was carefully following the results of the meeting that lasted for eight hours, and it was expecting details of the meeting from Washington.
Russia launched its military campaign against Ukraine in February 2022, leading to the deaths of over 12,000 civilians.
An estimated 3.7 million Ukrainians have been displaced internally, while around 6.1 million have sought refuge in Europe and beyond, according to United Nations data.
