Russia ‘violates’ Ukraine’s ceasefire offer, killing 27 in air strikes & ‘paranoid’ Putin bans staff from using phones amid assassination fears
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,532.
Today, Vladimir Putin gives his answer to President Zelensky’s offer of an open-ended ceasefire: a brutal attack on the civilians of Ukraine which killed 20, including 12 in a single strike. What does this mean for the likelihood of a ceasefire over May 8 and 9th for Moscow’s Victory Day parade? Then we hear the latest from Kyiv, and hear the latest from Russia, including how Putin has banned staff from using phones amid assassination fears.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
James Kilner (Russia Analyst). @Jkjourno on X.
With thanks to freelance journalist Antonia Langford in Kyiv.
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As Ukraine strikes deeper inside Russia, Putin retreats further into paranoia (Antonia Langford in The Telegraph):
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/04/putin-bans-staff-using-phones-assassination-fears/
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- Vladimir Putin gives his answer to President Zelensky’s ceasefire offer
- A brutal attack on the civilians of Ukraine kills 20, including 12 in a single strike
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, Putin gives his answer to Zelensky's offer of an open-ended ceasefire, a brutal attack on civilians, which killed 20, including 12, in a single strike. |
| 0:24.6 | What does this mean for the likelihood of a ceasefire over Moscow's Victory Day parade? |
| 0:30.0 | Then, later, we hear the latest from Kiev, and hear what's going on in Russia |
| 0:34.4 | and how Putin has banned staff from using phones amid further assassination fears? |
| 0:42.1 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:51.8 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:53.6 | First, we're fighting with our help for the we are with our help |
| 0:55.9 | for the Ukraine, |
| 0:56.7 | also our |
| 0:58.1 | freedom and |
| 0:59.4 | our European |
| 1:01.1 | Werect. |
| 1:02.3 | If I'm president, |
| 1:03.1 | I will have that war |
| 1:04.0 | settled in one day, |
| 1:05.3 | 24 hours. |
| 1:06.2 | We are with you, |
| 1:07.3 | not just today or tomorrow, |
| 1:09.7 | but for a hundred years. |
| 1:11.3 | We can't as a European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:15.6 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:20.9 | It's Wednesday, the 6th of May, four years and 71 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
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