Three killed in Russian strike on Ukraine as both accuse each other for breach of ceasefire

Ukrainian officials reported on Sunday that at least three people were killed in Russian strikes and nearly 150 battlefield clashes took place over the past 24 hours, despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to a three-day ceasefire from May 9 to May 11, as a broader peace effort to end the more than four-year-old war.

One person each in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions were killed in Russian drone attacks, regional governors and police said in separate reports on Sunday.

In the northeastern Kharkiv region, governor Oleh Syniehubov said eight people including two children were wounded in drone strikes on the regional capital and nearby settlements.

Seven people including a child were also wounded in the Kherson region in drone or artillery attacks since early Saturday, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Sunday.

Kyiv's air force said Russia had launched 27 long-range drones at Ukraine overnight, a lower number than usual, but that air defences had downed all of them.

In its daily morning report, Ukraine's General Staff said 147 clashes had taken place along the front line during the past 24 hours.

Ukrainian officials have not yet publicly commented on any Russian violations of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, which was also meant to include a swap of 1,000 prisoners of war from each side.

Earlier this week, Russia and Ukraine had each announced separate ceasefires, starting on Friday and Wednesday respectively, but quickly accused one another of breaking them.