Inna Sovsun has heard the shelling, the Russian firepower aimed at Kyiv. And she can hear the Western promises to help Ukraine, her native country, defend itself against the Russian invasion. It is difficult to reconcile the two.⁠

“We were hearing explosions every 30 minutes,” the liberal Ukrainian politician says, describing the assault — supposedly during a period of Russian goodwill amid ceasefire negotiations — as “the toughest night we have had here in Kyiv” since the Kremlin launched an unprovoked invasion of its much smaller neighbor in late February.⁠

“It’s not de-escalation at all,” Sovsun told Yahoo News in an interview conducted over video link from her Kyiv apartment. “We have very little trust in what the Russians are saying overall.”⁠

Last week’s peace talks in Istanbul appeared encouraging but failed to produce a ceasefire. Russian forces have since retreated from Kyiv, but in doing so have left evidence of their occupation, including what appears to have been the widespread killing of civilians in the suburban city of Bucha. Ukrainian officials have labeled it a genocide.⁠

Read more at the link in our bio.⁠

✍️: Yahoo News⁠
📷: Chris McGrath/Getty Images



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