乌克兰城市赫尔松多年来首次迎来两天的平静，一项由美国斡旋的临时停火协议让当地居民得以从持续不断的俄罗斯空袭中获得难得的喘息。这些空袭长期困扰着这个前线地区。
The Ukrainian city of Kherson has known its first two days of quiet after many years, as a US-brokered temporary ceasefire has allowed residents rare moments of respite from the constant Russian aerial attacks that plague the front line region.
社交媒体上发布的视频显示，人们走在覆盖着反无人机网的街道上，聚集在城市的广场上——这些日常活动通常意味着要时刻留意天空、竖耳倾听是否有无人机来袭。
Videos posted on social media showed people strolling down streets covered in anti-drone nets and gathering in the city's squares - ordinary activities that usually mean keeping one eye on the sky and one ear out for incoming drones.
“自从停火宣布以来，一切都很安静，”42岁的奥尔加在赫尔松通过电话说。“我们当然都欣喜若狂。”
"Ever since the ceasefire was announced, there's been total silence," said Olga, 42, speaking by phone from Kherson. "We are all, of course, overjoyed."
“我甚至不知道该怎么说，”她补充道，声音中透着笑意。“就好像一切终于结束了。”乌克兰人权监察员德米特罗·卢比涅茨表示，自周二以来，赫尔松“简直恢复了生机”。
"I don't even know what to call it," she added, her smile coming through in her voice. "It's as if everything has finally come to an end." Since Tuesday, Kherson has "literally come back to life," Ukraine's human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said.
“人们平静地出门、散步，享受秋日的阳光。对一些人来说是普通的日常生活，对赫尔松地区的居民来说，今天却是最大的愿望。”此次敌对行动的临时暂停——将于周日结束——是美国第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普斡旋的结果，目的是为从俄罗斯占领的乌克兰城市奥列什基开辟一条安全通道。奥列什基位于第聂伯河对岸，与赫尔松隔河相望。
"People are calmly going out, walking, enjoying the autumn sun. What for some is ordinary everyday life, for residents of the Kherson region today is the greatest desire." The temporary pause in hostilities - due to end on Sunday - is the result of efforts by US First Lady Melania Trump to broker a safe passage out of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky, which lies on the other side of the Dnipro river from Kherson.
连日来，俄罗斯部队一直在清理道路上的地雷，为周五计划中的奥列什基平民撤离做准备。
For several days, Russian forces have been working to clear the road of mines, ahead of a planned evacuation of Oleshky's civilians on Friday.
但有人担心，在开展这场大肆宣传的“人道主义行动”——一些美国记者将被邀请到场见证——的同时，俄方正利用停火来加强该地区的兵力，为下周起对赫尔松发动新一轮攻势做准备。
But there are fears that, alongside carrying out the well-publicised "humanitarian operation" – which some American journalists will be invited to witness – the Russians are using the truce to bolster their forces in the area ahead of a renewed onslaught of Kherson from next week.
“他们……利用这段平静期来巩固阵地，运入更多军事物资、武器、弹药和无人机，并对部队进行一些重新部署，”一位在当地政府工作的匿名消息人士告诉BBC。
"They are... using this lull to strengthen their positions, bring in more military supplies, weapons, ammunition, and drones, and carry out some redeployment of their forces," an anonymous source working in local government told the BBC.
乌克兰占领研究中心主任彼得罗·安德留申科表示，赫尔松当地居民告诉他，他们目睹了拉登斯克周边的军事集结，该地距离奥列什基约20公里（12英里）。
Petro Andriushchenko, Director of Ukraine's Center for Studying the Occupation, says Kherson locals have told him that they witnessed a military build-up around Radensk, some 20km (12 miles) from Oleshky.
他说：“居民们将获救，但‘我们同时也给了敌人利用停火谋取自身军事目的的机会’。”他指出，一旦停火结束，局势可能会“比我们之前看到的更糟，因为俄罗斯部队将变得更强。他们有足够的时间准备，以延长这一行动。”尽管赫尔松居民对未来清醒认识，但本周短暂的一段时间里，这座城市喘了口气。
Its residents will be saved but "we are simultaneously giving the enemy an opportunity to exploit the ceasefire for its own military purposes," he said. Once the ceasefire ends, the situation may be "worse than we saw before, because Russia's units will be stronger. They have enough time to prepare to prolong this action." Though Kherson residents are clear-eyed about what lies ahead, for a brief period this week the city caught its breath.
自周二以来，双方均未报告违规情况。赫尔松居民季马表示，过去也有过其他停火，但通常都未被遵守。
No violations have been reported on either side since Tuesday. There have been other ceasefires in the past, but these were generally not respected, Kherson resident Dima said.
“这是炮击第一次停止，人们不太相信，”他告诉英国广播公司（BBC）。“他们去商店、喝咖啡、四处走动……城市活了过来。”
"This is the first time the shelling has stopped, people don't quite believe it," he told the BBC. "They are going to the shops, drinking coffee, walking around... The city is alive."
在社交媒体上，一名叫尤利娅的女子写道，她去超市的行程异常平静，言语中带着难以置信。她说，这一次她从商店回家时“完好无损、平静安详，不像往常那样——惊恐万分、因恐惧而冒冷汗、喉咙哽咽”。本周，数十人还得以进入赫尔松所谓的“红区”取回财物并查看住所——该区域极度暴露在无人机和炮火袭击之下，已变得不宜居住。
On social media, a woman named Yulia wrote about her unusually uneventful trip to the supermarket with an edge of disbelief. For once, she said, she returned home from the shops "whole and calm, not as usual - scared, sweating from the horror and with a lump in my throat." This week, dozens of people were also able to access their belongings and homes in the so-called "red zone" of Kherson – an area so exposed to drones and artillery attacks that it has become unlivable.
居住在赫尔松的捷克志愿者杰尼萨·博哈科娃说：“有些人正冒险进入多年来无人敢涉足的地方，拍摄那些仅仅身处其中就意味着——并将再次意味着——几乎必死无疑的区域。”
"Some are venturing into places where nobody has dared to go for years, filming areas where simply being present has meant - and will once again mean - almost certain death," said Denisa Bohackova, a Czech volunteer who lives in Kherson.
季马描述了“女孩、男孩、父母、祖母”拖着手提箱和提包走在红区街道上，返回公寓看看能抢救回什么东西的场景。
Dima described scenes of "girls, boys, parents, grandmothers" walking down the streets of the red zone carrying suitcases and bags, returning to their flats to see what they could retrieve.
部分返回红区的人发现建筑物已化为焦黑的空壳；另一些情况下，房屋遭到洗劫。博哈科娃说，这些地方的破坏规模“令人震惊”。
Some of those who returned to the red zone found buildings reduced to charred, empty shells; in other cases, homes had been looted. The scale of destruction in some of these places, Bohackova said, is "breathtaking".
另一些人返回的原因超出了物质层面。安吉拉·多布罗沃夫斯卡的丈夫谢尔希两年前被一架俄军无人机投下的手榴弹击中身亡——这是赫尔松臭名昭著的“人狩猎”式袭击的一个例子。
Others were rushing back for reasons beyond material concerns. Angela Dobrovolska's husband Serhiy was killed two years ago by a grenade dropped by a piloted Russian drone - an instance of a "human safari" attack of the kind that Kherson has become sadly infamous for.
周四，安吉拉从基辅返回赫尔松，数月来首次前往丈夫的墓地探访。“他们说所有人都涌向了赫尔松，”她说。“而我将去墓地，去我丈夫那里。”自俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰以来，赫尔松的人口已从超过25万锐减至约6.5万，这场战争将于2月进入第六年。
On Thursday, Angela headed back from Kyiv to Kherson to visit his grave for the first time in months. "They say that all the people have rushed to Kherson," she said. "And I'll be going to the cemetery to my husband." The population of Kherson has dwindled from over 250,000 to about 65,000 since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which will enter its sixth year in February.
博哈科娃说，城市的平民生活从未停止，但它是在活跃战场的条件下继续进行的，学校、剧院、幼儿园和医院都已搬至地下。
Though civilian life in the city never stopped, Bohackova said, it also carried on under the conditions of an active battlefield, with schools, theatres, kindergartens and hospitals moved underground.
“赫尔松的一名普通平民，经历过的战争比许多士兵还要多，”博哈科娃说。
"An ordinary civilian from Kherson has experienced more of this war than many soldiers," Bohackova said.
正在抚养两个孩子的奥尔加描述了频繁的停电、无人机投下的地雷以及被落叶掩盖的地雷、无人机碎片反弹，以及一座通常在下午就关闭的城市。
Olga, who is raising two children, described regular blackouts, mines dropped by drones and concealed by fallen leaves, drone fragments ricocheting, and a city that typically shuts by the afternoon.
但自城市恢复安静以来，奥尔加得以过上正常的生活。她开车去了另一个城镇，又乘公交车去另一个区探望祖母，带着她的儿子。周围，商店里人满为患，咖啡馆也是如此。在多年冷清的街道之后，“甚至出现了小小的交通堵塞，”她微笑着说。但时间不多了。
But since silence fell on the city, Olga has been able to live a normal life. She drove to a different town and took the bus to another district to visit her grandmother with her son. Around her, the shops were full, as were the cafes. After years of quiet streets, "there was even a small traffic jam," she smiled. But the clock is ticking.
附近的奥莱什基疏散计划将于周日完成，届时停火将结束。“担心的是，从周一开始，情况可能会变得真正混乱，”奥尔加说。
The evacuation of nearby Oleshky is due to be completed by Sunday, after which the ceasefire will be over. "The concern is that, starting Monday, things could turn truly chaotic," Olga said.
“我们知道袭击将会恢复，而且会加剧，”迪玛说，他和妻子准备好几个月来第一次前往红区的公寓。
"We know the strikes will resume, and that they will increase," said Dima, as he and his wife prepared to visit their flat in the red zone for the first time in several months.
“过去这几天让我们看到了，如果这一切最终结束，会是什么样子。”
"These few days showed us how it could be if it all finally ended."