Russia and Ukraine Accuse Each Other of Violating Three-Day Ceasefire

Russia and Ukraine accused each other of violating a three-day ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump that took effect Saturday, with both sides reporting casualties from drone and artillery strikes over the past 24 hours. Ukrainian officials said at least three civilians were killed and more than two dozen others wounded in Russian attacks across several regions since the truce began.

In one case, a 58-year-old woman died in a drone strike while walking down a street in a village in the Kherson region on May 9. Regional authorities also reported one death each in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions along with multiple injuries, including to children.

Ukraine's air force said it intercepted all 27 long-range drones launched by Russia overnight, a lower number than in recent days. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia was neither observing the truce nor “even particularly trying to,” despite a lull in large-scale attacks.

He added that Ukraine had refrained from long-range retaliatory strikes in response but would answer any aggression in a mirrorlike manner. >"Yesterday and today, Ukraine refrained from long-range retaliatory actions in response to the absence of large-scale Russian attacks.

" — Volodymyr Zelenskyy, May 10, 2026 (AP News) Russia's Defense Ministry said Ukraine had committed more than 1,000 ceasefire violations by launching drone and artillery attacks against both military positions and civilian targets. The ministry listed strikes recorded in Crimea and the Russian regions of Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Rostov and Krasnodar.

Russian forces shot down 57 Ukrainian drones and “responded in kind” to the alleged violations, the ministry said. Two people were injured by Ukrainian shelling in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson region, according to the Moscow-installed leader of that area.

Trump announced the ceasefire on Friday, saying it would run through Monday to coincide with Russia's Victory Day celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Trump also said the pause would include a prisoner exchange and could mark the “beginning of the end” of the war.

Zelenskyy had previously mocked the idea that Ukrainian drones might disrupt the May 9 military parade in Moscow's Red Square, declaring the area temporarily off-limits for strikes to allow the event to proceed. ” Russian President Vladimir Putin said the ceasefire had emerged following discussions with the United States.

During those talks, Moscow raised security concerns for its diplomatic missions in Kyiv and asked Washington to help ensure their safety.

The three-day pause is part of a broader U.S.-led push for peace that has so far failed to end the more than four-year-old war. Previous ceasefires, most recently at Orthodox Easter, have collapsed without producing tangible results. A Russian presidential aide said he expects U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to visit Moscow soon to continue negotiations.

The aide stressed that Moscow would not abandon its demand that Ukrainian troops withdraw from the Donbas region. " — Yuri Ushakov, May 10, 2026 (AP News) Ukraine’s General Staff reported 147 battlefield clashes along the front line in the past 24 hours despite the truce.

Both sides have maintained that their forces acted only in response to violations by the other.