Ukrainian strike in Russia's Bryansk wounds 13: regional governor

A Ukrainian attack on residential buildings in Russia's border city of Bryansk wounded 13 people, including a child, the region's governor Aleksandr Bogomaz said on Thursday. The overnight attack hit the Bezhitsky district, damaging two apartment buildings, more than 20 flats and around 40 vehicles, Bogomaz said on Telegram. The strikes came ahead of a Russia-declared unilateral ceasefire with Ukraine between May 8 and 9, to coincide with Moscow's commemorations of World War II Victory Day.

Ukraine proposed its own ceasefire for May 6, which Russia ignored. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobianin said on Thursday that at least three drones "flying toward Moscow" had been destroyed. One person was wounded in a Russian strike on Dnipro, according to a Thursday update from Oleksandr Ganzha, head of the regional administration. Russia earlier warned foreign diplomats in Kyiv that it would launch a "retaliatory strike" on the Ukrainian capital if Ukraine disrupted Russian commemorations on Saturday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Russia of rejecting efforts to halt fighting and save lives.