Ukraine says Russia kept attacking despite ceasefire declaration
Kyiv said Russia kept striking through the night after a ceasefire began, and Zelenskyy counted 1,820 violations by midmorning.
Ukraine said Russian forces kept attacking after midnight, undermining a ceasefire declared by Kyiv and deepening doubts that either side can enforce a unilateral pause while the war is still active across the front.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said by 10 a.m. on May 6 that Russia had already committed 1,820 violations of the Kyiv-proposed ceasefire. Ukrainian officials said the strikes did not stop at the deadline set for midnight on May 5-6, with Andrii Sybiha saying Russian attacks continued through the night and into the morning.
Ukraine’s air force issued repeated warnings about drones and guided aerial bombs after midnight. Ukrainian officials said Russia fired two ballistic missiles, one cruise missile and 108 drones since 6 p.m. local time on May 5. The toll was felt in several regions at once, making the ceasefire dispute visible not just in statements from Kyiv and Moscow but in the damage across the country.
In Sumy, a Russian drone attack on a civilian car killed one passenger and wounded the driver. In the north and east, Ukrainian officials said one person was killed and three others were wounded in frontline areas. In Kharkiv, officials said seven private buildings were damaged and one woman suffered acute stress. Zaporizhzhia reported that an industrial infrastructure site was hit, while Kryvyi Rih also came under drone fire.
The latest accusations came as Moscow and Kyiv advanced rival ceasefire calendars that appeared designed as much for politics as for battle. Vladimir Putin announced a two-day pause for May 8-9, tied to Russia’s Victory Day commemorations and the 81st anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War Two. Kyiv answered with its own open-ended ceasefire proposal starting on the night of May 5-6, saying it would respond symmetrically if Moscow reciprocated.
Instead, both sides traded accusations while the fighting continued. Ukraine said Russia had already violated the Kyiv-led truce almost immediately, and Sybiha argued that Moscow’s actions showed a preference for military parades over human lives. The exchange left the battlefield and the diplomacy moving on parallel tracks, with the evidence from drones, missiles and casualties reinforcing how fragile temporary pauses have become in this war.
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