{"id":596746,"date":"2026-05-05T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=596746"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:25:00","slug":"russia-ukraine-declare-ceasefires-that-will-begin-on-different-days-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=596746","title":{"rendered":"Russia &amp; Ukraine Declare Ceasefires That Will Begin On Different Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Russia &amp; Ukraine Declare Ceasefires That Will Begin On Different Days<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2026\/05\/04\/russia-and-ukraine-declare-ceasefires-that-will-begin-on-different-days\/\"><em>Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russia\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/defense\/2126331\">said<\/a> on Monday\u00a0that it would observe a ceasefire with Ukraine <strong>on May 8 and May 9 <\/strong>to observe Victory Day, when Russia celebrates the Soviet Union&#8217;s victory against Nazi Germany in World War II, but it\u2019s unclear if the truce will hold, as <strong>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded by declaring a ceasefire that will start earlier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As of today, there has been no official appeal to Ukraine regarding the modality of a cessation of hostilities that is being claimed on Russian social media,&#8221; Zelensky wrote\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2051372128637800760?s=20\">on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/vdayruss.jpg?itok=7bPOEBy3\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/vdayruss.jpg?itok=7bPOEBy3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8743ed71-16ed-4e26-bf5e-31bb6e050c30\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/vdayruss.jpg?itok=7bPOEBy3\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption><em>via Associated Press<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that human life is far more valuable than any anniversary \u2018celebration.\u2019 In this regard, we are announcing a ceasefire regime starting at 00:00 on <strong>the night of May 5\u20136<\/strong>. In the time left until that moment, it is realistic to ensure that silence takes effect. We will act reciprocally starting from that moment,&#8221; the Ukrainian leader added.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s ceasefire declaration came with a warning that if Ukrainian attacks targeted Moscow during Victory Day celebrations, the Russian military would respond with major attacks on the Ukrainian capital, a response to Zelensky suggesting Ukraine\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tvpworld.com\/93069418\/zelenskyy-ukrainian-drones-may-hit-russias-may-9-victory-day-parade\">could hit a Russian military parade that will take place in Moscow on May 9.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Should the Kiev regime attempt to implement its criminal plans to disrupt the celebration of the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Russian Armed Forces will launch a retaliatory, massive missile strike on the center of Kiev,&#8221; the Russian Defense Ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia, despite its capabilities, has previously refrained from such actions for humanitarian reasons. We warn the civilian population of Kyiv and employees of foreign diplomatic missions of the need to leave the city promptly,&#8221; the ministry added.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a Ukrainian drone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/04\/world\/europe\/moscow-drone-attack.html\">hit a high-rise apartment building in Moscow<\/a>. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/emergencies\/2126129\">Russia\u2019s\u00a0<em>TASS<\/em>\u00a0news agency<\/a>, 26 Ukrainian drones targeted the Russian capital from May 2 to May 4.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy Russian attacks hit Ukraine on Monday, killing at least six people in Kharkiv and two in the Kherson region, according to Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has also stepped up its attacks on Russian oil infrastructure,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/30\/europe\/russia-tuapse-oil-refinery-strikes-pollution-intl-cmd\">hitting infrastructure on the Black Sea<\/a>, causing massive fires and raining oil down from the sky.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Tue, 05\/05\/2026 &#8211; 14:25<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/vdayruss.jpg?itok=7bPOEBy3\" title=\"Russia &amp; Ukraine Declare Ceasefires That Will Begin On Different Days\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia &amp; Ukraine Declare Ceasefires That Will Begin On Different Days Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Russia\u00a0said on Monday\u00a0that it would observe a ceasefire with Ukraine on May 8 and May 9 to observe Victory Day, when Russia celebrates the Soviet Union&#8217;s victory against Nazi Germany in World War II, but it\u2019s unclear if&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=596746\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Russia &amp; Ukraine Declare Ceasefires That Will Begin On Different Days<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=596746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/596728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=596746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=596746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=596746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}