Despite a three-day US-led ceasefire, drone strikes and clashes continue near the front line. Ukraine says it has downed 57 Ukrainian drones, while Russia claims to have downed Ukrainian drones and responded in kind.
The fragile ceasefire has come under strain as both countries search for a permanent to end the war. A resident looks at a Russia n-Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone installed in front of Saint Michael's Cathedral as a part of an exhibition displaying destroyed Russia n military vehicles and weapons, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 6, 2026.
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The three-day pause, announced on Friday by President Donald Trump, is part of a broader US-led push for peace that has so far failed to end the more than four-year-old war despite months of shuttle diplomacy.n drone strikes on areas near the front line, and more than 200 battlefield clashes had taken place since early Saturday, Ukrainian officialsn army is not observing any silence on the front and is not even particularly trying to," he said in his evening address, adding that Ukrainian troops were responding and defending their positions.of flouting the pause, saying it had downed 57 Ukrainian drones over the past day and"responded in kind" on the battlefield.
Zelenskyy said he expected the US to guarantee a swap of 1,000 prisoners of war from each side that had been part of the deal. In the northeastern Kharkiv region, governor Oleh Syniehubov said eight people, including two children, were wounded in drone strikes on the regional capital and nearby settlements.
's General Staff said on Sunday afternoon that nearly 210 clashes had taken place along the sprawling, 1,200-km front line since early Saturday. 's eastern Donetsk region, which Moscow has demanded Kyiv cede before it considers ending its war.was a"very long way" away but President Vladimir Putin suggesting the war was"coming to an end".
On Friday, Kyiv's top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, said he had met Witkoff and Kushner in Miami for talks on humanitarian issues and to"coordinate further steps" toward peace. Separately, Germany on Sunday dismissed a suggestion by Putin that former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder could coordinate talks with the European Union to secure a peace deal in We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with CNA to be fast, secure and the best it can possibly be.
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