Russia and Ukraine declare competing ceasefires

Russia and Ukraine have declared competing unilateral ceasefires in their four-year war. Russia announced on Monday that its ceasefire would be between May 8-9, when it traditionally marks Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War (as it calls World War II) with a major military parade in Moscow. Kyiv said later that it was calling its own ceasefire for May 5-6. …