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Russia and Ukraine Trade Major Attacks Despite Victory Day Ceasefire

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Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of violating a two-day ceasefire announced by Moscow to cover the celebrations of the Soviet Union's victory over ​Nazi Germany. Ukraine's air force said it downed 56 Russian drones close to the frontline in the last few hours. On its end, the Russian Defence Ministry said 264 Ukrainian drones had ⁠been downed in the early hours of Friday. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kharkiv, Emmanuelle Chaze.

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Infobae: The Kremlin announced a unilateral 48-hour ceasefire in Ukraine starting at midnight on Friday, May 8, but the Ukrainian president announced that Moscow ordered renewed hostilities against his country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Friday that Russia did not respect the two-day unilateral truce in Ukrainian territory that the Kremlin had announced starting at midnight on the occasion of Victory Day, the anniversary of…

Kyiv, May 8, 2026 - Total News Agency - TNA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Friday of violating the unilateral ceasefire that the Kremlin itself had announced for the Victory Day celebrations, denouncing more than 140 attacks against Ukrainian positions overnight and new assaults on the Sloviansk front. According to the Ukrainian leader, Moscow did not even make "a symbolic attempt" to respect the ceasefire announced …

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There wasn't even a simulated ceasefire attempt on the Russian side, Volodymyr Zelensky commented. The Ukrainian president stated that Moscow was not abiding by the ceasefire it had declared on its own initiative and cited Russian attacks last night.

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watson.ch/ broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Friday, May 8, 2026.
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