Ukraine and Russia fight on despite US-mediated ceasefire

Russia and Ukraine on Monday reported fighting along their long front line despite a U.S.-mediated ceasefire , and each accused the other of launching drone and artillery strikes.

Ukraine and Russia agreed on Friday to a ceasefire from May 9 to May 11 as part of a U.S.-led push for peace under President Donald Trump after more than four years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

Trump said on Friday he hoped the ceasefire would be extended, but it was already showing signs of strain on Sunday, when each side accused the other of violating it.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday Moscow had refrained from large-scale aerial and missile attacks but had continued assaults along parts of the 745-mile front line where Russian forces are advancing.

He said Ukrainian troops were responding and defending their positions.

Russian state news agencies reported on Monday that Russia’s Defence Ministry had said it had recorded 23,802 ceasefire violations by Ukraine since the start of the ceasefire.

Russian troops had responded in kind to Ukrainian attacks on rocket launchers, artillery and drone launch sites, the ministry was quoted as saying.

One person was killed and three wounded in a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s southern Belgorod region, Russian state news agency TASS cited the regional governor as saying on Monday.

The General Staff of Ukraine’s military said 180 battlefield clashes had been recorded along the front line over the previous 24 hours. Russian forces had on Sunday deployed “kamikaze” drones and artillery in attacks on settlements and military positions, it said in a Monday morning update.

In its Monday afternoon report, the General Staff said Russian troops had carried out 38 new assaults on Ukrainian positions, adding: “Artillery shelling of border areas continues.”

Regional governors in Ukraine reported early on Monday that at least three people had been killed in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia and southern Kherson regions over the past 24 hours.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he thought the war was coming to an end and that he would be willing to negotiate new security arrangements for Europe, with Germany’s former chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, as his preferred partner.

But European Union foreign ministers, arriving for a meeting in Brussels on Monday, rejected Putin’s suggestion, voicing skepticism that Russia was ready to end the war and negotiate sincerely on peace and security for Europe.

尽管美国斡旋达成了停火协议，但俄罗斯和乌克兰周一均报告称，​​双方在漫长的战线上发生战斗，并且双方都指责对方发动了无人机和炮击。

乌克兰和俄罗斯周五同意从 5 月 9 日至 5 月 11 日停火，这是美国总统唐纳德·特朗普领导下推动和平进程的一部分。此前，俄罗斯于 2022 年全面入侵乌克兰，导致两国战争持续四年多。

特朗普周五表示，他希望停火协议能够延长，但周日双方互相指责对方违反停火协议，停火协议已经出现紧张迹象。

乌克兰总统泽连斯基周日表示，莫斯科方面没有发动大规模空袭和导弹袭击，但继续沿着俄罗斯军队推进的745英里前线部分地区发动攻击。

他说，乌克兰军队正在做出反应并保卫阵地。

俄罗斯国家新闻机构周一报道称，俄罗斯国防部表示，自停火开始以来，已记录到乌克兰违反停火协议 23802 次。

据俄罗斯国防部称，俄军对乌克兰袭击火箭发射器、火炮和无人机发射场的行动进行了对等回应。

俄罗斯国家通讯社塔斯社周一援引该地区州长的话报道称，乌克兰军队袭击了俄罗斯南部别尔哥罗德州，造成一人死亡，三人受伤。

乌克兰军方总参谋部称，过去24小时内，前线共记录到180起战场冲突。该部门在周一上午发布的最新消息中表示，俄罗斯军队周日部署了“神风特攻队”无人机和火炮，袭击了乌克兰居民点和军事阵地。

俄罗斯总参谋部在周一下午的报告中称，俄军对乌克兰阵地发动了 38 次新的进攻，并补充说：“对边境地区的炮击仍在继续。”

乌克兰各地区州长周一早些时候报告称，过去 24 小时内，东南部扎波罗热州和南部赫尔松州至少有 3 人丧生。

俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京周六表示，他认为战争即将结束，他愿意与德国前总理格哈德·施罗德就欧洲新的安全安排进行谈判，施罗德是他的首选合作伙伴。

但周一抵达布鲁塞尔参加会议的欧盟外长们拒绝了普京的提议，并对俄罗斯是否准备结束战争并真诚地就欧洲的和平与安全进行谈判表示怀疑。