Russia hit eight Ukrainian settlements near a frontline 220 times during ceasefire, governor of the Zaporizhzhia region Ivan Fedorov said on the Telegram messaging platform.

The enemy continues its shelling of Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast and its attacks along the frontlines in the east and in Kharkiv Oblast. Earlier in the day, the Donetsk Oblast Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that an hour before Putin’s “ceasefire,

Russia's three-day ceasefire in Ukraine is due to begin on Thursday, but Zelensky has dismissed the proposed truce as a "theatrical play".