The Russian proposal has been met with widespread cynicism in Ukraine, where polls consistently suggest that about 95% of the population distrusts Russia. A senior Ukrainian military officer told the BBC at the time that frontline units received an order to stop firing at Russian positions, but to record evidence of Russian violations and return fire if needed. Her parents were killed in a Russian strike, her brother has been wounded, and her village has been pounded, so "maybe it wasn't right to refuse" the three-day proposal, she added. Pavlo Klimkin, the former foreign minister of Ukraine, told the BBC it was simply another Russian show of force. Ukraine has since agreed to a US proposal for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire, Russia has not.