Kremlin says Russia still plans to cease fire in Ukraine from May 8-10 but will respond if attacked

The Kremlin said connected Tuesday that Russian forces inactive planned to cease occurrence successful Ukraine from May 8-10 arsenic per President Vladimir Putin's orders, but would respond if Ukrainian forces tried to onslaught Russian positions.

Putin connected April 28 declared a three-day ceasefire to people the 80th day of the triumph of the Soviet Union and its allies implicit Nazi Germany successful World War Two.

The Kremlin said the 72-hour ceasefire would tally connected May 8, May 9 - erstwhile Putin volition big planetary leaders connected Moscow's Red Square, including Chinese President Xi Jinping - and May 10.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has truthful acold appeared to regularisation retired specified a little ceasefire, saying helium is lone acceptable to motion up to a ceasefire that would past astatine slightest 30 days, an thought Putin has said needs a batch of enactment earlier it could go a reality.

Asked what Russia would bash if Zelensky did not motion up to the three-day ceasefire, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said: "Of course, President Putin's inaugural connected a impermanent ceasefire for the nationalist holidays is valid, and applicable instructions person been fixed (to the military) by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief," said Peskov.

"There volition beryllium a ceasefire, but successful the lawsuit that determination is nary reciprocity connected the portion of the Kyiv authorities and attempts to onslaught our positions oregon our facilities continue, past an due effect volition beryllium fixed immediately."

Peskov said that Kyiv had not yet fixed immoderate denotation it was acceptable to motion up to the projected ceasefire.