On Thursday, May 8, 2018, this is the current situation:
Fighting
- At midnight, Moscow time (21:00 GMT, Wednesday), Russia declared a three-day ceasefire to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of Nazi Germany. Ucraina has proposed a 30-day ceasefire instead of a one-year ceasefire, but it has not agreed to it.
- There were no other reports of attacks on Ukrainian cities on early Thursday, aside from the statement from the Ukrainian air force about the launch of guided bombs by Russia.
diplomacy and politics
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, stated in his monthly address on Wednesday that he supported the demand to observe a 30-day ceasefire. This proposal, which could give diplomacy a chance, is not beingwithdrawn, Zelenskyy said.
- US Vice President JD Vance claimed in an interview at the Munich Security Conference that Russia was “asking for too much” in its initial peace offer.
Economy
Source: Aljazeera
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