Ukrainian officials said on Sunday that despite a US-brokered ceasefire between Kiev and Moscow, Russian strikes killed at least three people and nearly 150 battlefield clashes broke out in the past 24 hours.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a three-day ceasefire from May 9 to May 11 as part of a broader peace effort to end their more than four-year-old war.
Russian drone strikes killed one person each in the Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions, regional governors and police said in separate reports on Sunday.
In the northeastern Kharkiv region, Governor Oleh Sinihubov said eight people, including two children, were injured in drone strikes on the regional capital and surrounding settlements.
Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said Sunday that seven people, including a child, were wounded in the Kherson region in drone or artillery strikes since early Saturday.
Kiev’s air force said Russia launched 27 long-range drones into Ukraine overnight, a lower number than usual, but air defenses shot them all down.
Ukraine’s General Staff said in its daily morning report that there had been 147 clashes along the front lines over the past 24 hours.
Ukrainian officials have not yet commented publicly on any Russian violations of the US-brokered ceasefire, which also included an exchange of 1,000 prisoners of war from each side.
Earlier this week, Russia and Ukraine announced separate ceasefires starting on Friday and Wednesday respectively, but immediately accused each other of breaking them.
