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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Luke Harding and agencies

‘Putin only cares about parades’: fury as Russia rains missiles on Ukraine during 24-hour truce

A firefighter trying to douse flames at a private building in Kharkiv hit by a Russian strike.
A firefighter trying to douse flames at a private building in Kharkiv hit by a Russian strike. Photograph: Sergey Kozlov/EPA

Kyiv has criticised Russia for attacking several Ukrainian cities overnight with more than 100 combat drones and three missiles in spite of a unilateral 24-hour ceasefire called by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukraine’s president had announced the truce after the Kremlin said it wanted a ceasefire on Saturday during its annual military parade in Red Square, but he said he would reciprocate if Vladimir Putin broke Ukraine’s ceasefire, which ends at midnight on Wednesday.

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