The United States warns of the major Russian attack amid the truce of the day of victory Putin
The American embassy in Kiev said that Russia could be famous for a major attack on Ukraine during the unilateral ceasefire period by Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine rejected Putin’s invitation to a ceasefire between May 8 and May 11 in honor of the celebrations of victory on Friday in Red Square, Moscow, to celebrate the eighty anniversary of the end of World War II.
Newsweek I called the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the American Embassy to comment.
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Why do it matter
Warning from the American embassy for civilians to take signals covering, as Kiev said previously, Putin’s call for a three -day ceasefire during the show was not sincere.
It also adds another obstacle in front of us calls for a 30 -day ceasefire. Ukraine has reported that Russia has continued to launch deadly attacks against civilians, and that combat operations on the front lines are continuing.
What do you know
The Kremlin announced a truce from midnight from May 8 to midnight May 11, although Kiev rejected this “theatrical” show, especially given that hostilities continued during the previous ceasefire.
On the day I saw Reed Square in Moscow the procession of the military services against Putin and world leaders, the American embassy issued a warning against Russia’s cold “a possible attack” in the coming days.
Friday statement From the embassy, the American citizens urged the shelter if there was an air alert, in the wake of the language previously issued as part of the standard safety protocols.
The statement called on people to locate shelter; Download the reliable air alert application; Keep water reserves, food and medications. He followed the trends of Ukrainian officials and the first respondents.
No details were given about the potential attack type. The Ukrainian Military News port said that Russia will close its air range on the Kapustin Yar missile test set in the Astrakhan area on May 12 and 13 to allow the launch of ballistic missiles.
A similar ban on the flight was placed on November 21 before a ballistic missile strike by the Kedr (Oreshnik) missile in DNIPRO.
Despite the assumed truce, Kiev said that Russia continued to launch deadly attacks against civilians in Ukraine, and the Ukrainian army has informed that combat operations on the front lines did not stop.
Russia’s forces fired 130 air bombs on Thursday against Sumi Oblast, and a Russian drone was killed in a man in Jacon on Saturday morning.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Ukrainian forces have made four attempts to storm the areas of Kursk and Baljuroud in Russia, and Russian territory bombed nearly 1500 times during the alleged truce.
The Russian Ministry of Defense statement also said that, on Thursday night, Ukraine organized attacks and reconnaissance in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions in the country and conducted more than 5,000 violations of the ceasefire.
What people say
The American embassy in Kyiv She said she had received information related to a possible air attack that could happen at any time in the next few days. “
What happens after that
US President Donald Trump called for an unconditional ceasefire for 30 days, which Kiev approved for the first time in March, but Moscow refused. However, the new German adviser, Fredchich Mirz, has led to an agreement on the conditions for a ceasefire just as Kiev’s allies meet in the Ukrainian capital this week.