The cease-fire talks accelerate between Ukraine and Russia via the United States, but those who have fled the war in Ukraine in the past three years say they will believe it when they see it-and even then, there is skepticism.
“I do not believe it,” said Nataliia Vynohrava, who has lived in Canada for more than two years after fled the war in Ukraine.
“I just know the Russians … It’s not just Putin,” said Vynohrava. “Some of them do not want this war, but most people in Russia hate Ukrainians.”
She works at Ukraine’s cuisine is not in northern Edmonton (12153 Fort RD), which is endowed almost entirely by Ukrainian refugees.
The kitchen is filled with women who fled the horror and the violence of the war.
The staff are looking carefully at the latest discussions between the United States and their homeland. They say they hope – even if they feel that they should not be.
“It’s probably because I want that,” said Vynohrava. “As in my heart, (I) believe it can be possible, but my brain says” probably not “.
“I don’t think this war could one day stop.”
Kyiv has accepted an American proposal that could lead to a 30 -day break between the two Eastern European countries. Russia has not yet accepted.
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The agreement occurs only a week after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met President Donald Trump and other US administration officials at the White House in Washington, DC at an explosive meeting that took place on the side.
The US administration says it will now present the Kremlin the ceasefire offer. Trump said he hadn’t excluded Russia pressure to get on board.
“I hope we can get a ceasefire from Russia,” said Trump on Wednesday. “If we do, I think it would be 80% of the path to finish this horrible bloodbath.”
The Alberta Council of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress says that after three years of war, they hope that is all. They look to a better future.
“People would try to normalize a new standard for them. Getting away from the bombings, having a certain peace of mind, “said President Orysia Boychuk.
Congress thinks that if the Russians choose not to accept a ceasefire, it sends a more important message.
“If they choose not to support peace, it will continue to support and solidify the aggressiveness and irrational behavior of Russia,” said Boychuk.
The chance of a cease-fire should leave the women of the hope of Don’Ya Ukraine’s cuisine-but they saw too many horrors and have heard too many lies to find comfort in the news.
“I really want this peace, I want to return to Ukraine,” said Vynohrava, explaining that she had left her parents and sisters.
“Even if my children want to stay here in Canada, I want to have the opportunity to go to my family, to visit them.”
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