U.S. President Donald Trump has said that a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine will be in effect from May 9 to 11.

Russian forces have resumed attempts to infiltrate Kupiansk and destroy the Ukrainian bridgehead on the left bank of the Oskil River. However, all of their efforts have been unsuccessful, and there is currently no immediate threat to Kupiansk itself.

It comes as the two countries accused each other of violating separate ceasefires to cover the celebrations of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited wounded service members at a hospital in Dnipro and presented awards to medical personnel.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will travel to Moscow for the May 9 military parade.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed strikes on the Bryansk Chemical Plant, the Ya.M. Sverdlov Plant in Dzerzhinsk, and the "Kedrovka" arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU) of the Russian Defense Ministry in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region.

Greek media say the drone, which reportedly had explosives, could be either Ukrainian or linked to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russian forces carried out several FPV drone attacks on Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk region during the day, damaging civilian buildings.

Thousands of people have taken part in the Palestine Marathon, which returns to Bethlehem after a two-year pause over the Gaza War.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck an oil refinery and a drone storage warehouse inside Russia overnight on May 8, as well as the "Luhanska" oil depot and air defense facilities in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.