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Kremlin declares three-day ceasefire in Ukraine for Victory Day

28.04.2025 15:00
The Kremlin on Monday announced a full ceasefire in Ukraine from May 8 to 10 to mark Russia’s Victory Day over Nazi Germany, as President Vladimir Putin ordered the “complete cessation of hostilities on humanitarian grounds” for the annual May 9 celebrations.
Relatives and friends of late Danylo Khudia (17) and his parents, Oleg and Victoria, attend their funeral at the Baykove cemetery in Kyiv, Ukraine, 28 April 2025, amid the Russian invasion. They were killed during a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Kyiv on 24 April 2025. The family lived on the first floor of the house that was hit b
Relatives and friends of late Danylo Khudia (17) and his parents, Oleg and Victoria, attend their funeral at the Baykove cemetery in Kyiv, Ukraine, 28 April 2025, amid the Russian invasion. They were killed during a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Kyiv on 24 April 2025. The family lived on the first floor of the house that was hit bEPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

The truce will begin at 0000 on May 8 (2100 GMT on May 7) and extend through May 10, the Kremlin said in a statement.

Russia’s state news agency TASS quoted a presidential decree directing Russian forces to halt offensive and defensive operations during the period.

The announcement coincides with heightened U.S. efforts under President Donald Trump to broker an overarching peace deal in Ukraine.

Until now, Putin had rejected a full, unconditional ceasefire, insisting it be linked to a halt in Western arms shipments to Kyiv and to limits on Ukraine’s troop mobilization.

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Source: PAP, AP News