Ukraine’s armed forces and local officials reported fresh strikes and fighting on Monday even as a brief ceasefire brokered by the United States remained in effect. The temporary halt - agreed by Kyiv and Moscow to run from May 9 to May 11 as part of a U.S.-led effort under President Donald Trump to pause more than four years of hostilities that followed Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 - has shown signs of pressure since it was announced.
Both sides accused the other of violations over the weekend. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that, while Moscow had held back from large-scale aerial and missile campaigns, Russian forces continued to launch assaults along sections of the extended front where they are advancing. Russia’s Defence Ministry countered that Ukraine had breached the truce, asserting it had shot down 57 Ukrainian drones in the preceding day and had "responded in kind" on the battlefield. The ministry did not immediately provide an update on Monday’s frontline activity.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s military reported 180 battlefield clashes recorded along the front line in the past 24 hours. It also said that on Sunday Russian forces deployed 8,037 so-called "kamikaze" drones in attacks directed at settlements and military positions.
Regional governors in Ukraine described civilian casualties and injuries across multiple regions. In Zaporizhzhia the governor said one person was killed and two were wounded. The Kherson region’s governor reported two killed and two wounded. In neighbouring Mykolaiv three people were wounded, five were injured in the northern region of Kharkiv and four were wounded in the eastern Donetsk region, according to statements from the respective governors.
Accounts from both sides over the weekend signalled early strain on the ceasefire. Each party claimed the other had not fully observed the truce, and the respective military statements reflected differing assessments of aerial and ground activity during the pause.
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At the time of the latest reports, the ceasefire's durability and whether it would be extended beyond May 11 remained uncertain, with both sides publicly registering allegations of violations.