{"id":539201,"date":"2026-05-04T21:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=539201"},"modified":"2026-05-05T06:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:19:08","slug":"ukraine-announces-ceasefire-starting-may-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/ukraine-announces-ceasefire-starting-may-6","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Announces Ceasefire Starting May 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Ukraine has responded to a <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/russian-defence-ministry-announces-ceasefire-for-may-8-9-and-threatens-strike-on-kyiv\">statement by the Russian Defence Ministry on a May 8\u20139 ceasefire<\/a> by announcing its own ceasefire starting May 6. <b>Volodymyr Zelensky<\/b> stressed that the Russian side had not contacted Ukraine regarding the cessation of hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky said Ukraine would act in a reciprocal manner starting May 6.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs of today, there has not been a single official appeal to Ukraine regarding the modalities of a ceasefire being discussed in Russian social media. We believe that human life is an incomparably greater value than the \u2018celebration\u2019 of any anniversary. In this regard, we are declaring a ceasefire starting at 00:00 on the night of May 5 to 6. In the time remaining until then, it is realistic to ensure the onset of silence. We will act in a reciprocal manner starting from that moment. It is time for the Russian leadership to take real steps to end their war, if the Russian Ministry of Defence believes it cannot hold a parade in Moscow without the goodwill of Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/V_Zelenskiy_official\/18877\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth recalling that the Russian Defence Ministry unilaterally announced a ceasefire for May 8\u20139 to mark Victory Day. At the same time, Russia has threatened a massive strike on Kyiv in the event of attempts to disrupt the celebrations and has advised Kyiv residents and diplomats to leave the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine has responded to a statement by the Russian Defence Ministry on a May 8\u20139 ceasefire by announcing its own ceasefire starting May 6. Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that the Russian side had not contacted Ukraine regarding the cessation of hostilities. Zelensky said Ukraine would act in a reciprocal manner starting May 6. \u201cAs of today, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":535922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/69f961af75286.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Ukraine Announces Ceasefire Starting May 6"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143284,143090],"tags":[143121,143123],"class_list":["post-539201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-world","category-politics","tag-rossijsko-ukrainskaja-vojna","tag-ukraina"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}