Russian attacks throughout eastern Ukraine killed at least 27 people on Tuesday, including 12 in one of the worst strikes so far this year, hours before a midnight deadline ushering in an open-ended cease-fire proposed by Kyiv.
Russia announced a cease-fire for May 8 to 9 to coincide with commemorations of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two and a military parade in Moscow’s Red Square.
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Ukraine, in response, announced a proposal for an open-ended cease-fire starting at midnight local time on Wednesday, urging Russia to reciprocate.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was not an option for Russia to halt strikes for one day for its military parade while having heavily pounded Ukraine.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, writing in English
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