Rusia dan Ukraina saling menuduh melanggar gencatan senjata tiga hari saat Moskow merayakan Hari Kemenangan dengan menyambut sekutu ke parade militer besar-besaran. Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin memperingati ulang tahun ke-80 kemenangan atas Jerman Nazi pada Jumat bersama dengan Xi Jinping dari Tiongkok, dalam acara yang jelas dimaksudkan untuk mendukung serangan tiga tahunnya terhadap Ukraina, yang telah dihentikan secara sepihak selama 72 jam untuk merayakan acara tersebut. Putin mengatakan, “Rusia telah dan akan tetap menjadi benteng yang tidak bisa dihancurkan melawan Nazisme, Russophobia, dan anti-Semitisme.” Rusia bersikeras bahwa invasi Februari 2022 ke tetangganya adalah pertempuran melawan rezim “Nazi” di Kyiv. Ukraina menolak klaim itu sebagai “tidak masuk akal.” Lebih dari 20 pejabat asing, termasuk Xi dan Presiden Brasil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, menyaksikan parade 11.000 orang di Lapangan Merah. Putin terlihat ingin mentransfer suasana itu ke perangnya di Ukraina. “Seluruh negara, masyarakat, dan orang mendukung peserta operasi militer khusus,” katanya dalam pidatonya di parade, yang dilaporkan melibatkan 1.500 prajurit yang telah bertempur di Ukraina. Kyiv berpendapat bahwa parade itu “tidak ada hubungannya dengan kemenangan atas Nazisme” dan bahwa mereka yang berbaris di Lapangan Merah dalam “parade kecynisme” “sangat mungkin” terlibat dalam kejahatan terhadap orang Ukraina. Amid the pomp and circumstance, security in Moscow has been tight, with authorities jamming mobile internet connections, citing the threat of Ukrainian attacks. However, Putin’s unilaterally declared May 8-10 ceasefire teetered on the brink of collapse even as the parade opened on Friday morning, with both Kyiv and Moscow accusing one another of attacks. Ukraine had dismissed Putin’s three-day pause as political theatrics, designed to avert the impatience of the United States – which has been trying to broker a ceasefire – and refused to commit to it, and had spent Tuesday and Wednesday using drones to target Moscow, shutting down its airports for significant periods. Authorities in Russia’s western Belgorod border region said a Ukrainian drone attack hit the city council building on Friday, adding that no one was injured. The Russian Ministry of Defence said Ukrainian troops had made attempts to breach the border in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, and claimed Ukraine had violated the ceasefire 5,026 times. Ukraine claimed that just hours after the truce entered into effect, Russia had already broken it, with Moscow’s forces launching guided bombs against the northern Sumy region. Kyiv reported further attacks on Friday in the southern city of Kherson and the central Dnipropetrovsk region, with two people wounded. ‘Concerted approach’ In a symbolic show of support for Kyiv to coincide with Friday’s parade, Ukraine’s Western allies backed a special tribunal to prosecute Putin and other senior Russian officials for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Foreign ministers from almost 20 European nations met in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv to sign the “Lviv statement”, a document paving the way for the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, which could start operating next year. “We stand for a just and lasting peace, for a secure Europe, and for accountability and justice,” said United Kingdom Foreign Minister David Lammy in a statement. The same day, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said a group of 10 northern European nations and the UK had agreed to support a US proposal for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire. That tallies with Ukraine’s response to Putin’s Victory Day ceasefire, which was to question why it would only run for three days and to call for a full 30-day truce. The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) coalition – which comprises Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK – met in Oslo on Friday. Store said the group had contact the night before with US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the proposal and that a “concerted approach” was now being taken. Diplomatic reset Trump, who has presented himself as the main mediator in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, had initially appeared to tilt towards Moscow after entering office in January, offering support to Russia’s demands. However, as Moscow has dragged its feet on agreeing to a ceasefire, the US president has demonstrated growing impatience with Putin, telling him last month to “stop shooting” and sign a peace deal. On Thursday, Trump reiterated his call for a “30-day unconditional ceasefire,” saying on his Truth Social network that if the truce was not respected, “the US and its partners will impose further sanctions.” A minerals deal between Kyiv and Washington, ratified by Ukraine’s parliament unanimously on Wednesday, appears to have helped improve relations. Trump has approved military shipments to the country once more, while the rhetoric from US officials towards Moscow has shown signs of growing frustration. Still, in the background, Washington has continued to work on a diplomatic reset with Moscow. 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