Ukraine, Russia exchange drone strikes ahead of V-Day ‘ceasefire’
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“Ukraine strikes multiple sites in Moscow”
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“Russia’s strikes on a Ukrainian gas production facility that killed at least 5 people”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Russian missile and drone attacks on gas production facilities in the Poltava and Kharkiv regions killed at least five people.
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— A Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure killed five people overnight, officials said on Tuesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced Moscow's ceasefire ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attack-kills-fi…
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attack-kills-fi…
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— At least five people have been killed in Russian air strikes on Ukrainian state-run gas facilities in the Poltava and Kharkiv regions, officials say, a day after Kyiv and Moscow announced ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/5/russian-attack-kills…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/5/russian-attack-kills…
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— Reuters Firefighters work at the site of a natural gas production facility which was hit by Russian drone and missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Poltava region, Ukraine May 5, 2026.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-05-05/russia…
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-05-05/russia…
“each side announced a ceasefire – but for different days”
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The provided evidence consists of dictionary definitions for the word 'both' and general Wikipedia entries about the Russo-Ukrainian war. There is no specific evidence provided regarding ceasefire announcements or differing dates for such ceasefires.
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— On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…
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— The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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— On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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