The truce will start at midnight on May 8, local time, and will last until May 10. The Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered the total cessation of hostilities for “humanitarian reasons” on the day of victory on May 9.
This declaration comes as US President Donald Trump is redoubled with efforts to negotiate a peace agreement in Ukraine. Until then, Vladimir Putin had refused a complete and unconditional ceasefire, binding it to a stop of Western arms deliveries to Ukraine and the effort to mobilize this country.
Ukraine and Russia have mutually attacked by long -range strikes, officials said on Monday, in a context of persistent uncertainty as to the possibility of an agreement ending their war which has lasted for more than three years, at the start of what the head of American diplomacy qualified “very critical” week.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, its forces shot 119 Ukrainian drones in the night, most of them above the border region of Britansk, Russia. In Ukraine, air alert sirens sounded throughout the country on Monday morning. No victim or damage was reported immediately.
The outcome of the efforts made by the Trump administration to quickly end the fighting remains uncertain, darken by contradictory affirmations and doubts about the will of each camp to make compromises in a context of deep hostility and distrust.
Time is running out for Washington in the resolution of the largest European conflict since the Second World War, which has cost the tens of thousands of people.
US military aid was crucial for Ukraine’s war effort, and additional aid could be compromised if the Trump administration abandoned its attempts to end the war.
Donald Trump recognized this weekend that he had doubts about the sincerity of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the search for an agreement, the Russian forces having continued to strike Ukrainian civil zones with cruise missiles and ballistic missiles while negotiations were continuing.
Officials from Western Europe have accused the Kremlin of hanging out in the peace negotiations so that the Russian forces, more important than those of Ukraine and having a strong presence on the battlefield, can conquer more Ukrainian territory.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke about war during a telephone interview with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The two diplomats focused on “consolidating the emerging prerequisites for the launch of negotiations”, according to the press release, which did not provide more details.
Russia de facto rejected the American proposal for an immediate and total fighting for 30 days, imposing large -scale conditions. Ukraine accepted it, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukraine, on the other hand, has opposed the possibility of giving up territories to Russia in exchange for peace, which Washington indicated as necessary.
