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One thousand hundred and seventies. A unilateral truce announced by Putin began. Ukraine claims that Russia does not comply with it

Medusa from February 24, 2022 lives on the Russian-Ukrainian war on the air. In our daily materials, we publish your letters, because we are sure: we must continue to talk about the war. After February 24, 2022, Russian propaganda directly connected the Great Patriotic War with the invasion of Ukraine. Because of this, Victory Day causes complex feelings. Please share them. Look for a feedback form at the end of this article. A review of the previous day can be read here .

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The unilateral truce announced by Putin began

Today, from midnight, a one -way truce, which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, has come into effect. As stated in the Kremlin, the Russian military will stop the fire until midnight May 11. Moscow urged Ukraine to join such a decision and promised “consequences” in case of refusal to do this.

Officially, Ukraine did not announce the support of a short -term truce. President Vladimir Zelensky expressed the opinion that a three-day ceasefire is necessary only in order to “provide Putin’s silence during the parade”, but at the same time emphasized that in Kyiv they are ready to start an unconditional 30-day truce at any time, subject to the consent of Russia.

Despite this, as the publication of Suspilne writes , some Ukrainian units operating in the Kherson, Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk directions received an order to open fire only in response to Russian shelling.

At the same time, the Russian military, according to the Ukrainian side, themselves do not comply with the unilateral regime of the ceasefire announced by Putin.

Thus, the press service of the Air Force forces of the Armed Forces, noting that from midnight there was not a single attack with the help of shock drones, said that the Russians activated tactical aviation in the Sumy region with the use of controlled air bombs. As a result of one of these blows, a peaceful resident died at night, the regional authorities said .

The Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andrei Sibiga called the Putin's ceremonial truce Fars. Referring to the military data, he stated that from midnight to noon, Russia 734 times violated the ceasefire and conducted 64 assault operations. According to him, the Russians made 586 shelling of the positions of Ukrainian troops, 176 beats with the use of drones and 10 airlines using aviation bombs.

The Russian Ministry of Defense, in turn, said about noon that from midnight "all groups of Russian troops in the zone of special military operations completely stopped conducting hostilities." According to the Russian department, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ceased to strike by aviation, artillery, drones and missiles.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation accused Ukraine of “deliberate destructive actions” and stated that they “respond” to the attacks of the Ukrainian military. According to the Russian military department, since the beginning of the day, the Ukrainian military has already violated the ceasefire 488 times.

Ukraine

EU handed Kyiv a billion euros on the expense of income from frozen Russian assets

The European Commission has transferred to Ukraine a billion euro of macro -financial assistance, which are provided with income from frozen assets of Russia.

These funds, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal, will be aimed at covering critical expenses and “strengthening the state”.

The European Commission was called “symbolic” that the tranche was listed on May 8, on the day of memory of the victims of World War II.

The tranche has already become the fourth as part of the G7 initiative on the use of frozen Russian assets. Prior to this, at the end of December, Ukraine received a billion dollars from the United States, and in January and April - three and one billion euros from the EU.

The decision on the help of Ukraine at the expense of the Russian Federation of the "Big Seven" was agreed in the summer of 2024. As part of the program, Kyiv will receive $ 50 billion - they are formally provided as a loan, but it will not be repaid by Ukraine, but income that arises as a result of the use of Russian money frozen in European depositories.

For several years after the start of the war, the United States and the EU considered the possibility of complete confiscation of Russian money and transferring it to Ukraine. By the beginning of 2025, they completely abandoned this idea, since there were no legal grounds for its implementation. They did not want to expropriate Russian assets in the European Union, fearing that this would create a precedent that would negatively affect the trust in the Eurozone and the entire world economy.

War through the eyes of readers "Medusa"

Matvey (Cyprus). Somehow, being small, I asked my mother: if the murder is a sin, all the soldiers fall into hell? I do not really remember what the answer was accurate, but I remember that it was on the eve of May 9. There was a feeling of an approaching holiday and universal fun. After 20 years, I know for sure that if hell and paradise exists, then all the soldiers must fall into hell. People should not have the right to legally kill each other for the glory of such ephemeral concepts as “patriotism”, “sovereignty of the country” and so on. But we live in a world where for three years a terrible, merciless and bloody war has been conducted on our face. That Russia, that Ukraine - both countries create game and just kill people and destroy lives. Sometimes I involuntarily think about it, but all the armies all over the world had thrown weapons on the floor and went home ... Unfortunately, so childish and naive fantasies never come true. Now again the eve of May 9, there is no sensation of the holiday, there is only bitter and heartbreaking pain piercing the whole body. The pain from what they turned the holiday from childhood, from war, from deaths and destruction. But we must come to terms and live on, nothing else is left. I have no faith in the speedy end of the war. What is called negotiations is more like a circus.

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