In another arena, peace negotiations, the recent ceasefire agreement in Ukraine is but the latest attempt to end the war between the country's government and Russian-backed separatists that has been raging for much of the past year in the eastern Donbas region. Throughout the fighting, attempts to stop the killing have come and gone, and the war's innocent victims – not to mention much of the international community – have grown weary and cynical.
在另一块战场，和平谈判和乌克兰最近的停火协议不过是结束乌克兰政府与俄分离主义武装战争的最新一次尝试。过去大半年分离主义战火一直在顿巴斯东部地区熊熊燃烧。贯穿战争始终试图阻止杀戮的努力都未能取得持久的效果，战争的无辜受害者——更不要说国际社会大部分国家——都已经开始厌倦和愤世嫉俗。