Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of continuing attacks despite the indefinite truce proposed by kyiv, while Moscow maintains its own unilateral ceasefire for Victory Day celebrations on May 8 and 9. In parallel, the Hungarian Government returned to Ukraine the gold and cash that had been previously seized by its special forces.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed this Wednesday, May 6, as his Foreign Minister Andri Sibiga had already reported, that Russia has not respected the indefinite truce that kyiv had proposed since last midnight.

“The attacks continue along all key segments of the front,” Zelensky said in his official X account. Ukraine claims that it was the target of 108 Russian drones and three missiles.

Although Russia did not accept the truce proposed by Ukraine at any time, the president said that “the Russian Army has committed 1,820 violations of the ceasefire regime” from midnight until the moment the president published this message.

“Russia's decision is an obvious disregard for the ceasefire and saving lives,” Zelensky added.

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The Ukrainian president also made reference to the truce declared by Moscow unilaterally for May 8 and 9 on the occasion of the commemoration in Russia of the Soviet victory over the Nazis.

“It is obvious to any reasonable person that an open war and the daily massacres of people are a bad time for public 'celebrations',” Zelensky stressed in reference to the military parade with which Russians usually celebrate this anniversary.

Ukraine proposed the truce that was to begin last midnight in response to the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Kremlin for May 9.

According to kyiv, Russia fears that Ukraine will attack public events held in Moscow on that day and hopes that Ukrainians will join its ceasefire and refrain from bombing the Russian capital.

The Ukrainian president has not clarified whether Ukraine will join the Kremlin's temporary unilateral ceasefire.

Likewise, Zelensky once again urged the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to end the war in his message.

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Russia reports Ukrainian drone attacks

The Kremlin denounced the continuity of Ukrainian drone attacks that caused five deaths in the Crimean peninsula and several injuries in other territories.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported in its daily report on the continuity of the military operation in Ukraine and new attacks against concentrations of Ukrainian troops in Kharkiv, as well as hits on command posts of enemy unmanned devices.

In turn, the Russian military said its forces achieved an improvement in their positions on the front.

Simultaneously, regional authorities reported new attacks by kyiv with drones, which killed five people in the annexed Crimean peninsula, left four injured in Belgorod and one in the part of Zaporizhzhia controlled by Russia.

The person injured during the attack in Zaporizhzhia is a photojournalist from the TASS agency, as confirmed by the media itself.

Russia previously threatened a heavy blow to central kyiv if Ukrainian authorities try to thwart Victory Day celebrations.

Putin and Zelensky have already agreed on two similar brief truces in 2025. And although the parties did not formalize their agreements, Moscow smoothly held a large parade in Red Square attended by thirty world leaders as it was a round anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.

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Hungary returns seized gold and cash to Ukraine

The Hungarian Government, still led by outgoing Prime Minister Víktor Orbán, returned to Ukraine on Wednesday the gold and cash that its special forces seized after intercepting a convoy from a Ukrainian public bank that was bringing money from an entity in Austria.

"Today the funds and assets of Oschadbank that were confiscated by the special services in March of this year have been returned," the Ukrainian president wrote in his X account, who once again described as "illegal" the Hungarian operation that led to the seizure of the money and gold.

According to Zelensky, the return represents "an important step in relations with Hungary."

The return of the money, for which Zelensky was "grateful", has been possible because of Hungary's "constructive attitude", said the Ukrainian president, referring to the electoral victory of the elected Hungarian prime minister, Péter Magyar.

The confiscation of the nine kilos of gold, 40 million dollars and 35 million euros intercepted then by the Hungarian special forces marked one of the milestones in the tension between Budapest and kyiv during the last stage of Orbán, who focused a good part of the electoral campaign on criticizing Zelensky.

With Reuters and EFE

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