'There is no truce': Ukraine's soldiers and civilians on Russia's ceasefire1 day ago Share Save Yogita Limaye reporting from the Donetsk region Share SaveBBC Asked about a ceasefire, 26-year-old soldier Max told the BBC "you don't think about things like that here." Hours into the ceasefire Russia had called for, we drove into the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine to see what, if any, impact it was having. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had rejected Russia's unilateral three-day ceasefire. I asked her if she thought Russia's ceasefire call had made any difference on the ground. "That is the sound of Russia's ceasefire.