Drone Strikes Hit Ukraine Despite Ceasefire

Ukrainian officials reported Russian drone strikes and nearly 150 battlefield clashes over the past 24 hours on Sunday, despite a US-brokered ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to a three-day ceasefire from 9 to 11 May, as broader peace efforts to end Russia’s more than four-year-old full-scale war in Ukraine have stalled.

One person was killed and three people were wounded in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on Sunday morning.

In the northeastern Kharkiv region, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said eight people, including two children, were wounded in drone attacks on the regional capital and nearby settlements.

Seven people, including a child, were wounded in the southern Kherson region by Russian drone and artillery strikes since early Saturday, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Sunday.

A child was also wounded and infrastructure was damaged in Russian attacks on the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said.

Separately, Ukraine’s air force said Russia had launched 27 long-range drones at Ukraine overnight, a lower number than usual, but that air defenses had downed all of them.

In its morning report, Ukraine’s General Staff said 147 clashes had taken place along the front line.

Despite the reports, Ukrainian officials have not publicly commented on any violations of the US-brokered ceasefire, which was also meant to include a swap of 1,000 prisoners of war from each side.

Earlier this week, Russia and Ukraine had each announced separate ceasefires, starting on Friday and Wednesday respectively, but quickly accused one another of breaking them.

(reuters, max)