Strikes came hours before deadline for Kyiv ceasefire proposal and were one of the worst wave of attacks this year. What we know on day 1,533
The death toll from Russian attacks throughout eastern Ukraine rose to at least 27 people on Tuesday, in one of the worst round of strikes so far this year. The deadly strikes came just hours before the deadline for a proposal from Kyiv for an open-ended ceasefire to begin at midnight. Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha, writing in English on X, said: “With mere hours until Ukraine’s ceasefire proposal comes into force, Russia shows no signs of preparing to end hostilities. On the contrary, Moscow intensifies terror.”
In the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, an attack by aerial bombs and drones killed at least 12 people, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram. Three aerial bombs dropped on the frontline city of Kramatorsk killed six people, prosecutors in eastern Donetsk Region said on Telegram. In Dnipro, in south-eastern Ukraine, a Russian attack killed four, while a Russian overnight strike on the gas production facilities in the Poltava region killed five people, including one person in the neighbouring Kharkiv region.
Russia announced a ceasefire for 8-9 May to coincide with commemorations of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in the second world war and a military parade in Moscow’s Red Square. Ukraine, in response, announced a proposal for an open-ended ceasefire starting at midnight on Wednesday (2100 GMT), urging Russia to reciprocate.
