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It's 1,170 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
And right now, as we record on Thursday, Vitaly,
nations across Europe are celebrating VE Day that marks the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allied forces.
Give thanks for the selfless and costly sacrifice of all who were called to duty at home and abroad in the service of this nation.
A friend and I,
I think we ran into the road and we held a poor unsuspecting motorist and we said, the war's over.
come and have a cup of tea.
We parked his car and we celebrated.
Now, as we know, Russia marks that day tomorrow on May the 9th.
It's called Victory Day there.
But that three-day ceasefire, let's turn to that.
It was unilaterally announced by the Kremlin 10 days ago.
It was due to start at midnight today.
So, Vitaly, what do we know?
It's not holding.
Unsurprisingly, Russia and Ukraine have been trading accusations of violating it.
The defense ministry in Moscow has said that Ukraine has made two fresh attempts to cross into Russia's Kursk region.
and also that Ukraine has attacked Russian positions in an occupied part of Ukraine's Donetsk region.
Ukraine is saying that Russia has committed 734 ceasefire violations,