LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — It was a historic moment Friday as President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska to talk about a ceasefire in Ukraine.

No deal was reached , but Trump said they made “great progress.”

Ukrainian refugees and immigrants in Lincoln said they’ve been through enough to know not to get their hopes up.

But for some, Friday’s meeting was a moment they couldn’t turn away from.

“I can speak for all of us when I say we are tired” of the war, Sergii Chekushkin said.

There was pure silence as Chekushkins’ eyes were fixed on the TV, and Channel 8 was with him as he watched it live.

“See, President Putin is smiling, he’s in a good mood, he’s laughing,” he said. “How should we interpret that?”

Chekushkin moved to Lincoln in 2014, after Putin invad

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