{"id":16428,"date":"2026-05-05T07:42:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16428"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:57:38","slug":"russia-declares-ceasefire-issues-stern-warning-to-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16428","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Russia Declares Ceasefire, Issues Stern Warning to Kyiv<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow. Russia has announced a unilateral ceasefire on May 8 and 9, 2026. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, the ceasefire has been declared in accordance with the decision of Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, Vladimir Putin, in honour of the 81st anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry stated that it expects the Ukrainian side to follow this example.<\/p>\n<p>However, Russia has taken seriously the statement made by the head of the Kyiv regime at the European Political Community Summit in Yerevan, which it says contained threats to strike Moscow on May 9.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has warned that it will take all necessary measures to ensure the security of the celebratory events. The ministry cautioned that should the Kyiv regime attempt to carry out its criminal plans aimed at disrupting the Victory Day celebrations, the Russian Armed Forces will launch a massive retaliatory missile strike on the centre of Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Stating that it has until now refrained from such actions for humanitarian reasons despite possessing the capability, the ministry urged the civilian population of Kyiv and the staff of foreign diplomatic missions to leave the city in a timely manner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16428\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow. Russia has announced a unilateral ceasefire on May 8 and 9, 2026. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, the ceasefire has been declared in accordance with the decision of Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, Vladimir Putin, in honour of the 81st anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia Declares Ceasefire, Issues Stern Warning to Kyiv - Dragon Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16428\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia Declares Ceasefire, Issues Stern Warning to Kyiv - Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Moscow. 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