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Russia Rejects Ceasefire, Ukraine Strikes Deep, Downs Drones

5/7/2026

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia rejected Kyiv’s cease-fire proposal on May 6 and kept striking.
He listed strikes in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Ukraine will respond fairly and in kind after assessing overnight developments.
Ukraine struck Russian military sites, hitting a Lukoil refinery in Perm and targets in Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg 1,243 miles away.
The Ukrainian air force downed 92 of 102 drones after 6 p.m. Wednesday.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia rejected Kyiv’s cease-fire proposal on May 6 and kept striking.
He listed strikes in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Ukraine will respond fairly and in kind after assessing overnight developments.
Ukraine struck Russian military sites, hitting a Lukoil refinery in Perm and targets in Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg 1,243 miles away.
The Ukrainian air force downed 92 of 102 drones after 6 p.m. Wednesday.