Kyiv insisted on a longer and immediate truce.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire
next week in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World War II as the U.S. presses for a deal to end the 3-year-old war.
- Kyiv insisted on a longer and immediate truce.
The Kremlin said the truce, ordered on “humanitarian grounds,” will run from the start of May 8 and last
through the end of May 10 to mark Moscow’s defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 — Russia’s biggest secular holiday.
That timing translates to start at 2100 GMT, or 5 p.m. EDT, on May 7, lasting until 2100 GMT, or 5 p.m. EDT on May 10.
Honor guard soldiers pack caps after a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade,
which will take place at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square on May 9 to celebrate 80 years
after the victory in World War II, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Ukraine, which has previously agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal of a full
30-day ceasefire, dismissed Putin’s move as window dressing.
“If Russia truly wants peace, it must cease fire immediately,”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, according to the ministry.
He emphasized that Kyiv is ready for a “lasting, reliable, and complete ceasefire” for at least 30 full days.
“Why wait for May 8? If we can cease fire now from any date and for 30 days —
so that it is real, and not just for a parade,” he said without specifying whether Ukraine would be ready
to accept the Moscow-proposed truce.
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