Russian attacks on cities in eastern Ukraine killed at least 25 people on Tuesday (May 5), including 12 in one of the worst strikes so far this year, hours before the deadline for a proposal from Kyiv for an open-ended ceasefire to begin at midnight.

Video released on Tuesday showed firefighters spraying water on burning vehicles and what appeared to be a body covered with a white blanket in Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region.

The location was verified by the buildings, road layout, trees and street signage which matched archive and satellite imagery. The video was filmed at the coordinates: 48.73548768407568, 37.58627781743884. The date when the video was filmed could not be independently verified, however the Donetsk regional governor said the attack happened on May 5. No older versions of the footage were found posted online before May 5.

Russia announced a ceasefire for May 8 to 9 to coincide with commemorations of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two and a military parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Ukraine, in response, announced a proposal for an open-ended ceasefire starting at midnight on Wednesday (May 6), urging Russia to reciprocate. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said it was not an option for Russia to halt strikes for one day for its military parade while having heavily pounded Ukraine.

In the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, an attack by aerial bombs and drones killed at least 12 people, Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram. He said 20 were injured.

Fedorov said residential buildings, a car repair service and a car wash were damaged. The attack also sparked fires at a shop and an unidentified enterprise, he added.

Reuters Television footage showed flames engulfing cars and a garage and huge clouds of black smoke billowing skyward. Medics attended to the injured, many of them covered in blood, on an adjacent street.

Further northeast, three aerial bombs dropped on the frontline city of Kramatorsk killed five people, Regional Governor Vadym Filashkin said on Telegram. Twelve people were injured.

In Dnipro, also in southeastern Ukraine, a Russian attack killed four, Zelenskiy said.

Regional Governor Oleksandr Hanzha put the death toll at three, with 16 injured, four in a serious condition. Hanzha said a business in the city had been set ablaze.

A Russian overnight strike on the gas production facilities in the Poltava region killed four, Ukrainian officials said. Earlier announcements said five people had died.

In Russia, a Ukrainian drone attack on the central Chuvashia region killed two on Tuesday, the Russian state news agency TASS reported.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

KRAMATORSK, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (RELEASED MAY 5, 2026)( STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE IN DONETSK REGION - Must on screen courtesy STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE IN DONETSK REGION.)

1. VARIOUS OF BURNING VEHICLES

2. BLOODSTAIN ON GROUND

3. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVING

4. FIREFIGHTERS PULLING HOSE TOWARDS BURNING VEHICLES

5. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS SPRAYING WATER ONTO BURNING VEHICLES

6. BURNING VEHICLE

7. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS SPRAYING WATER ONTO BURNING VEHICLES

8. VEHICLES IN FRONT OF DAMAGED BUILDING

9. BLOODSTAIN ON GROUND/ WHAT APPEARS TO BE A BODY COVERED WITH WHITE BLANKET

10. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS AT SCENE