Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Sunday of violating a three-day U.S.-brokered ceasefire, with Ukrainian officials reporting at least three civilian deaths despite a reduced level of long-range drone activity.
The ceasefire, announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, took effect on May 9 and is scheduled to run through May 11. It coincides with Russia’s Victory Day commemorations and was expected to accompany preparations for a prisoner exchange involving 1,000 captives from each side.
Ukrainian regional authorities said one person was killed in each of the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions over the past 24 hours. In Kherson, prosecutors said a 58-year-old woman was killed by a Russian drone while walking in the village of Nezlamne. Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said seven people, including a child, had been injured across the region since early Saturday.
Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov said one person was killed and three others injured in artillery and drone attacks. In Dnipropetrovsk, Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said a 46-year-old woman was killed and another person injured in the Mezhivska community near Synelnykove, while a child was wounded in a nearby area on Sunday.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 27 long-range drones overnight, a lower number than in recent days, and that all were intercepted. However, Ukraine’s General Staff reported 147 battlefield clashes along the front line in the previous 24 hours, underscoring that the truce had not stopped fighting entirely.
Russia’s Defence Ministry accused Ukraine of committing more than 1,000 ceasefire violations through drone and artillery attacks on Russian troops and civilian targets. It said incidents were recorded in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine, as well as Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Rostov and Krasnodar regions. Moscow said its forces shot down 57 Ukrainian drones and “responded in kind.”
Russian-installed authorities in the occupied part of Kherson said two people were injured by Ukrainian shelling.
Although no major missile barrages were reported, the mutual accusations show how fragile the ceasefire remains. Previous short-term pauses in the war have also been marked by reduced attacks but continued frontline fighting, with both sides blaming the other for violations.
