Ukraine fighter pilot’s wife’s hopes and fears ahead of ceasefire deal

Zhanna Bezpiatchuk

BBC Ukraine

Maria Smerechanska Ivan, a 31-year-old Ukrainian man wearing a helmet, standing in front of an aircraft with his wife Maria, 29Maria Smerechanska

Maria’s life has been reduced to waiting for the next phone call from her husband – never knowing if it might be the last.

Ivan, a 31-year-old Ukrainian fighter pilot, began defending the skies from the very first hours of Russia’s full-scale…

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