自今年在乌克兰前线城市赫尔松出生以来的八个月里，达维德从未离家超过五分钟，他的父母因俄军滑翔炸弹、导弹和无人机的持续袭击而将他留在室内。
In the eight months since he was born in Ukraine’s frontline city of Kherson this year, Davyd has never been more than five minutes away from his home, kept inside by his parents because of relentless attacks by Russian glide bombs, missiles and drones.
周三，达维德第一次一睹更广阔、更安全的世界，当时第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普宣布当地停火，让他的父母带他进行了有生以来最长的一次散步。达维德裹着米老鼠帽和抓绒熊猫裤，一家人在平时受俄军炮火和无人机威胁的街道上散步了一个多小时，在十月的阳光下尽情享受，没有了平时那种孩子随时可能被杀害的恐惧。一家人散步时，达维德摇着拨浪鼓，睁大眼睛打量着新的环境。
Davyd got his first glimpse of a larger, safer world on Wednesday, when a local cease-fire announced by the first lady, Melania Trump, let his parents take him on his longest-ever walk. With Davyd bundled up in a Mickey Mouse hat and fleece panda pants, the family spent more than an hour strolling streets normally threatened by Russian artillery and drones, basking in the October sun without the usual fears that their child might at any moment be killed. Davyd shook his rattle as the family strolled, eyes wide at his new surroundings.
“但愿一直都是这样，”达维德的母亲、27岁的奥列克桑德拉在他们经过市中心大街上被炸毁的州长办公楼时说，那栋楼盖着网以捕捉俄军无人机。和许多居民一样，奥列克桑德拉要求只用名字标识。她担心住在第聂伯河对岸、仍处于俄军占领区的父母会遭到报复。
“We wish it were like this all the time,” Davyd’s mother, Oleksandra, 27, said as they passed the bombed-out governor’s office on the city’s main street, covered in nets to catch Russian drones. Oleksandra, like many residents, spoke on condition she be identified only by her first name. She fears retribution against her parents, who still live under Russian occupation just across the Dnipro River.
八个月大的达维德和母亲奥列克桑德拉在平时受俄军炮火和无人机威胁的街道上散步。
Eight-month-old Davyd, with his mother Oleksandra, taking a walk on streets normally threatened by Russian artillery and drones.
这项为期数天的临时停火于周二清晨在乌克兰赫尔松州生效，旨在协助撤离附近的奥列什基市。居住在该市的约2000人，该市于2022年2月被俄军占领，正面临饥饿危机。他们日益恶化的困境引起了特朗普女士的关注，她帮助促成了俄乌之间罕见的协议，双方同意在该地区停火足够长的时间，以便排除通往外界道路上的地雷并允许当地居民撤离。随后，这些乌克兰平民将能自行选择是留在俄控领土，还是返回乌克兰控制区。
The temporary cease-fire, set to last several days, began early Tuesday morning in Ukraine’s Kherson region to facilitate an evacuation of the nearby city of Oleshky. The some 2,000 people living in that city, which Russia seized in February 2022, are facing a starvation crisis. Their worsening plight garnered attention from Mrs. Trump, who helped arrange a rare agreement between Russia and Ukraine to hold fire in the area long enough to demine the road out and allow locals to evacuate. The Ukrainian civilians will then be able to choose if they stay in territory controlled by Russia or return to areas under Ukrainian control.
乌克兰控制的赫尔松市位于奥列什基对岸数英里处，通常长期处于俄罗斯的持续攻击之下，但本周也变得安静下来。俄罗斯于2022年初占领了赫尔松。同年晚些时候，乌克兰部队将俄军逼回河对岸。俄罗斯从未放弃夺回该市，并从奥列什基发动了许多针对赫尔松的袭击。但自奥列什基停火开始以来，俄军对赫尔松停止了开火。
The Ukrainian-controlled city of Kherson, which sits several miles across the river from Oleshky and is typically under near constant Russian attack, also went quiet this week. Russia seized Kherson in early 2022. Later that year Ukrainian forces pushed them across the river. Russia has never given up on retaking the city and launches many of its attacks on Kherson from Oleshky. But it has withheld fire on Kherson since the Oleshky truce began.
突如其来的宁静让乌克兰最危险的城市之一迎来了难得的喘息，此前无人机常在此猎杀平民，乌克兰官员称之为“人类狩猎场”。周三，平民们带着困惑和谨慎的心情在赫尔松街头游荡，仍在努力理解特朗普夫人——她极少对乌克兰战争发表评论——是如何为他们争取到这短暂和平时刻的。
The sudden quiet has allowed for a remarkable respite in one of Ukraine’s most dangerous cities, where drones often hunt civilians in what Ukrainian officials call a “human safari.”Civilians wandered Kherson's streets with a sense of bewilderment and caution on Wednesday, still trying to wrap their heads around how Mrs. Trump, who has rarely commented on the war in Ukraine, managed to secure them a brief moment of peace.
61岁的画家尤里·克里维走去见朋友维克多，给他看自己的最新作品。当被问及如何庆祝这短暂的无人机袭击间歇期时，克里维先生大笑起来。“啤酒！”他喊道。“还有雪茄！”“雪茄太贵了，”维克多说。“但烟丝行！”
Yurii Kryvyi, 61, a painter, walked to meet his friend Viktor and show him one of his latest works. When asked how they planned to mark the brief respite from drones, Mr. Kryvyi laughed. “Beer!” he shouted. “And cigars!”“Cigars are too expensive,” Viktor said. “But tobacco, yes!”
“日子不错。有阳光。终于安静了，”维克多补充道。“我们累了，累于躲避无人机。无人机也累了，累于追赶我们。” 修补用于防范俄罗斯无人机袭击的防护网。
“The day is good. There’s sun. And finally it’s quiet,” Viktor added. “We are tired of running away from drones. And drones are tired of running after us.”Repairing netting used to protect against Russian drone attacks.
一群青少年相聚前往他们多年无法涉足的童年旧地：一家早已关闭的电影院、一个游乐场、他们的学校。他们说，自2022年以来，他们一直在网上上课，通过视频通话加入课堂，而俄罗斯在城外轰炸。他们的父母担心他们的外出，并叮嘱他们小心脚下。
A group of teenagers met to visit their childhood haunts, off-limits for years: a long-closed movie theater, a playground, their schools. All of them have been studying online since 2022, joining classes by video chat as Russia bombards the city outside. Their parents worried about their excursion and warned them to watch their step, they said.
14岁的瓦季姆表示，他很欣慰，因为他们在奥列什基的邻居终于能撤离到安全的地方了。但他和赫尔松的许多其他人一样，也担心一旦那个由俄罗斯控制的城市清空了平民，俄罗斯就会加强在那里的阵地，并加大跨河对赫尔松的攻击。“如果他们运来更多弹药，情况只会变得更糟，”瓦季姆说。
Vadym, 14, said he was relieved their neighbors in Oleshky would finally get to safety. But he, like many others in Kherson, also fears that once that Russian-controlled city is empty of civilians, Russia will reinforce its positions there and ramp up its cross-river attacks on Kherson. “If they bring more ammunition, it will only get worse,” Vadym said.
在一家咖啡摊外，另一群朋友聚在一起讨论停火。他们正享受着本周的平静，但一致认为这不会持久。
Outside a coffee stand, another group of friends gathered to discuss the cease-fire. They are relishing the calm this week, but agreed it wouldn’t last.
“会比以前更糟，”37岁的奥列克桑德拉·科森科经营着这家咖啡摊，她说道。“一旦这一切结束，”她补充道，“我们不应该出门。”
“It will be worse than it used to be,” Oleksandra Kosenko, 37, who runs the coffee stand, said. “Once all this ends,” she added, “we shouldn’t leave the house.”
70岁的阿纳托利表示，他感觉乌克兰正被“当作棋盘摆弄”。“我讨厌唐纳德，”他谈到特朗普总统时说。“他不是个靠谱的人。早上他是我们的朋友，晚上就是我们的敌人。”
Anatolii, 70, said he felt Ukraine was being “played like a chessboard.”“I hate Donald,” he said of President Trump. “He’s not a serious person. In the morning he’s our friend, in the evening he’s our enemy.”
他的朋友、63岁的伊霍尔打断道。“我们更喜欢梅拉尼娅！”他说。“我感谢她，至少人们能撤离了。”
His friend, Ihor, 63, interrupted. “We like Melania more!” he said. “I thank her that people can at least evacuate.”
阿纳托利表示赞同。“这是个漂亮又聪明的女人！”他说。“要是美国由女性掌权，也许会好些。”在他们对面的墙上挂着一个飞镖靶，上面别着俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·V·普京的漫画像。一支飞镖正扎在他的额头正中央。
Anatolii agreed. “This is a beautiful woman, and with brains!” he said. “Maybe if a woman were in power in the U.S., it would be better.”A dart board hung on the wall opposite them, with a caricature of Russian President Vladimir V. Putin’s face pinned on it. One dart poked through the middle of his forehead.
许多居民利用这段平静期离家外出，为未来几个月囤积食物，并办理平时因太危险而无法进行的琐事，比如去兽医诊所或银行。市政工人抓紧时间在户外作业，比如扫落叶和修补防无人机网上的破洞。
Many residents used the calm to leave home, stock up on food for the months ahead and to run errands that are normally too dangerous, like going to the vet or the bank. City workers rushed out to do work that requires them to be in the open, like sweeping up leaves and repairing holes in drone netting.
附近的一个公交站聚集了一群人。一只少了一只脚的狗一瘸一拐地走过来，蹭着讨人摸摸。赫尔松居民在防无人机网下的公交站等候。
A crowd gathered at a nearby bus stop. A dog missing one foot limped by, nudging for pats. Residents of Kherson waiting at a bus stop under anti-drone netting.
斯维特兰娜·罗明斯卡（Svitlana Rominska，57岁）说，她已经习惯了持续不断的轰炸，“安静的时候我反而担心。”奥尔哈·阿夫拉姆科（Olha Avramko，71岁）和丈夫一起在市中心，几年来第一次去查看女儿的房子。女儿在2022年带着全家搬离了赫尔松，至今他们仍不知道房子是否受损或被盗。直到现在，女儿一直禁止父母去查看房子，担心他们会在此过程中丧生。周三他们到达时，门锁生锈得厉害，钥匙几乎拧不动。
Svitlana Rominska, 57, said she had grown so used to constant bombing that “I am worried when it’s quiet.”Olha Avramko, 71, was in the city center with her husband to check on her daughter’s house for the first time in several years. Her daughter had moved her family out of Kherson in 2022, and they still didn’t know if the house had been damaged or robbed. Her daughter had until now banned her parents from checking on the house, fearing they would be killed in the process. When they arrived on Wednesday, the lock was so stiff that the key barely worked.
她说，屋内仿佛是和平时期的一个时间胶囊。旧玩具仍摆在孙辈的床上。她说，孩子们离开太久了，已经长大到不再玩那些玩具了。
Inside, she said, the house looked like a time capsule from peacetime. Old toys still lined her grandchildren’s beds. They have been gone so long, she said, they’re already too grown up to play with them.
担心流浪者有一天会闯入房产，她和丈夫在外面的晾衣绳上挂了衣服，让房子看起来像是一家人已经回来了。他们还收拾了剩下的贵重物品，不知道是否还有机会再回来。
Fearing squatters might one day break into the property, she and her husband hung clothes on the line outside to make it look as if the family had returned. They also packed up any remaining valuables, not knowing if they’d ever have the chance to come back.
阿夫拉姆科女士说，这次短暂的停火“闻起来像是为美国竞选活动准备的 ”。“我有点担心这之后会发生什么，”她说。
The brief cease-fire, Ms. Avramko said, “smells like an ” for U.S. political campaigns. “I am a bit worried what will happen after this,” she said.
维克托·特鲁西（Viktor Trusii）已有几个月无法去妻子和长子安葬的公墓。妻子哈琳娜（Halyna）于2021年因癌症去世。他们的儿子小时候死于一名醉酒司机之手。周三停火期间，赫尔松市民在弹片凹凸不平的墙边。
It had been months since Viktor Trusii could visit the cemetery where his wife and eldest son are buried. His wife, Halyna, died from cancer in 2021. Their son was killed as a child by a drunk driver. Citizens of Kherson near a shrapnel-pocked wall on Wednesday during the cease-fire.
通往墓地的路布满地雷，周三特鲁西先生骑自行车前往，而没有开车。他希望更窄的轮胎能给他更大的生存机会。
The road to their graves was so badly mined that on Wednesday, Mr. Trusii rode his bike instead of driving. He hoped the thinner tires would give him a better chance of survival.
在新近平静的天空下，他在妻子心形墓碑前种上红花。随后骑自行车前往市中心。
Under newly quiet skies, he planted red flowers by his wife’s heart-shaped headstone. Then he rode his bike to the city center.
当哈琳娜还活着、战争尚未蔓延至赫尔松时，他们常坐在河边一起喝咖啡，他说。去河边似乎风险太大，所以周三，他带了两人份的咖啡，改在镇上的长椅上坐下。他一手拿着杯子，另一手拿着手机里她的照片。
When Halyna was still alive, and before the war came to Kherson, they used to sit by the riverbank and drink coffee together, he said. Visiting the river seemed too risky, so on Wednesday, he packed enough coffee for two, then sat on a bench in town instead. He held his cup in one hand and a photo of her on his phone in the other.
“我在和我的小鱼儿喝咖啡，”他含泪说道，用一个乌克兰语的爱称称呼她。他说他不想哭，但看到他们的坟墓这么久无人照料，让他内心某种东西崩塌了。“因为那些混蛋，我无法去看他们，”他说，指的是俄罗斯人。
“I’m drinking coffee with my little fish,” he said through tears, using a Ukrainian term for sweetheart. He didn’t want to cry, he said, but seeing their graves, uncared for after so long, had broken something in him. “Because of those jerks I couldn’t visit them,” he said, referring to the Russians.
他还失去了河中岛屿上的家庭住宅，那所房子在战争早期被毁。这对夫妇的另一个儿子，2022年参军，最近在前线受伤。他现在在敖德萨的一家康复中心。
He also lost their family home on an island in the river, which was destroyed earlier in the war. The couple’s other son, who joined the military in 2022, was recently wounded on the frontline. He’s now in a rehabilitation center in Odesa.
天空晴朗，风平浪静，但特鲁西先生已经失去太多。他很难从中找到多少希望。
The skies were clear and the day was calm, but Mr. Trusii had lost too much already. He struggled to find much hope in it.
“我感到如此孤独，”他说。随后他喝完咖啡，骑上自行车离去——独自一人。几个年轻人聚集在一家关门杂货店前。
“I feel so alone,” he said. Then he finished his coffee, got on his bike and rode away — alone. Young people hanging out in front of a shuttered grocery store.