UKRAINE has accused Vladimir Putin of breaking his own ceasefire just hours after the start of the three-day truce.
Kyiv say they have faced almost 140 clashes on the frontlines since Russia’s self-imposed peace deadline kicked off ahead of their Victory Day celebrations.
Russia hit Ukraine’s Donetsk region just hours before Putin’s ceasefire[/caption]
Russian drone strikes in Zaporizhzhia left dozens of homes in ruins[/caption]
Ukraine hit Moscow in drone strikes earlier in the week before the ceasefire came into effect[/caption]
A military spokesperson said Russian troops are attacking in the east as Viktor Trehubov said Russia has waged military assaults in several areas after midnight.
Ukraine’s general staff said there had been 139 clashes on the entire frontline as of 10pm local time yesterday – before the ceasefire.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, Kyiv’s air force accused Moscow of launching guided bombs on its northern region of Sumy.
They claimed three separate attacks had been reported.
There have been no immediate reports of damage or any casualties as of yet.
It comes as Ukraine continues to refuse the short term peace deal instead calling for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia.
Putin and his cronies have dully ignored the longer deal and instead continued to launch attacks in recent days.
Deadly strikes on Ukraine’s Sumy region killed three, and injured seven, amid intense border battles this week.
One Russian drone – seen on video – hit a children’s playground and sent in up in a blaze of smoke.
Russia also set fire to Barabashovo market, one of the largest in Europe, in a series of strikes.
Footage showed the market ablaze with at least four civilians wounded.
But Ukraine hit back with a huge drone strike which forced Russia to shut all four of its major airports in a dramatic show of force against Moscow.
All four major Moscow airports – Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky – were closed as the drones targeted the capital, with multiple diversions of incoming aircraft.
At least nine other airports were also disrupted.
Russian tourists complained about being trapped in a Nesma Airlines plane from Egyptian resort Hurghada to Moscow for ten hours after it was diverted to St Petersburg due to the drone strikes amid air chaos.
Firefighters work at the site of a market in Kharkiv hit by a Russian drone strike[/caption]
Ukraine caused airports in Moscow to shut down this week following overnight attacks[/caption]