DESPERATE locals in one of Ukraine’s hardest hit cities yesterday urged Russia to sign up to the 30-day ceasefire plan.
As President Volodymyr Zelensky was hosting European leaders in Kyiv, war weary residents in Kharkiv were praying for peace.
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The eastern city of 1.3million people is just a few miles from the front line and has suffered a non-stop bombardment since the war began.
Around a quarter of the city has been destroyed, thousands have been killed and 700,000 people have fled.
Those who remain yesterday told The Sun they were tired of war and want Vladimir Putin to agree to the ceasefire proposed by Ukraine, America and Europe.
But they are so used to an almost daily bombardment they struggle to believe the crazed tyrant will agree to lay down his arms.
Seamstress Valentina Hoydenko, 65, is one of those whose family has paid the ultimate price.
She said: “My son joined the army last year and was killed a few months later.
“We have lost too much and we are tired and we want peace.
“I really hope it will happen and I hope Putin agrees to this deal but…
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