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Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of violating a three-day ceasefire brokered by President Trump to coincide with Russia’s Victory Day parade.

Some shit you should know before you dig in: If you’re unaware, the Russia-Ukraine war is now in its fourth year, with Russia holding roughly 20% of Ukrainian land and hundreds of thousands of people killed on both sides. Trump announced the three-day ceasefire on Friday, framing it as a possible “beginning of the end” of the war and pairing it with an agreed prisoner swap of 1,000 on each side. The pause aligned with Russia’s May 9 Victory Day parade, which marked the 81st anniversary of the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany. Originally set to expire Sunday, the truce was extended by two days after a proposal from Trump, pushing the new end date to Monday. Since the war began in 2014, over 17 attempted truces have come and gone, and every single one fell apart with both sides blaming the other.

What’s going on now: Accusations from both sides over ceasefire violations kicked off on Saturday, the truce’s first full day, and grew sharper through the weekend. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his Sunday evening address to call out Russia for not actually observing the ceasefire on the front lines. He said, “The Russians are continuing assault activity in sectors key for them. On the frontline, the Russian army is not complying with the ceasefire and is not even really trying to. Yesterday and today, Ukraine refrained from long-range retaliatory actions in response to the absence of large-scale Russian attacks. We will continue to respond in the same mirrorlike manner, and if the Russians decide to return to full-scale warfare, our response will be immediate and significant.”

The casualty reports from the Ukrainian side back up Zelenskyy’s framing. Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov reported one death and three injuries across his region over the past 24 hours, all from incoming Russian drones and artillery, with 780 separate hits recorded across 33 localities. Sumy Oblast had over 50 strikes hitting 18 towns, including a drone attack that wounded a 47-year-old man in his car. Ukrainian forces also recorded 147 combat clashes along the front lines.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense painted a wildly different picture, claiming Ukraine had committed more than 16,000 ceasefire violations since Friday. According to the Russian MOD’s tally, Ukrainian forces carried out 676 strikes using artillery, multiple-launch rocket systems, mortars, and tanks, launched 6,331 drone attacks, and attempted eight assaults on Russian positions across Crimea, Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Rostov, and Krasnodar regions. Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed five civilians, including a teenager, were injured in the region by Ukrainian drones, while two people were injured by Ukrainian shelling in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson region.

Notably, Ukraine acknowledged carrying out retaliatory strikes, with 270 Ukrainian drones reaching targets on Russian territory and an oil refinery in Yaroslavl hit. Russia’s defense ministry said it shot down 57 Ukrainian drones.

This all comes as President Putin suggested the war with Ukraine could be coming to an end soon. He said, “I think that the matter is coming to an end. I think it is heading to an end but it’s still a serious matter. They spent months waiting for Russia to suffer a crushing defeat, for its statehood to collapse. It didn’t work out. And then they got stuck in that groove and now they can’t get out of it.”

Despite this, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov pushed back on the idea of a quick resolution, saying that “it is clear that the American side is in a hurry, but the issue of a Ukrainian settlement is too complex, and reaching a peace agreement is a very long road with many complicated details.”