President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that Ukraine would observe a ceasefire beginning at midnight Tuesday.

Zelenskyy, writing on ⁠Telegram, said Russia ​had not responded to Kyiv's ⁠calls for a ceasefire and was proceeding because it ‌believed that "human ​life is incomparably ‌more valuable than the 'celebration' ‌of any anniversary."

"In this regard, we announce a ⁠regime of ‌silence ⁠starting from 00.00 on the ⁠night ⁠of May 5 to May ‌6," he wrote.

Zelenskyy gave no timeframe for ‌the ​ceasefire but ‌said Ukraine would "act symmetrically from the specified ​moment."