Ukraine said on Wednesday that Russia had violated a unilateral ceasefire called by Kyiv by launching a barrage of air strikes on Ukrainian cities with 108 combat drones and three missiles.
"This shows that Russia rejects peace and its fake calls for a ceasefire on May 9th have nothing to do with diplomacy. Putin only cares about military parades, not human lives," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote in a post on X, on social media, referring to the Kremlin's own unilateral call for a halt to fighting during its World War II victory parade on 9 May.
