Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin says its two-day ceasefire will begin at midnight

Moscow: The Kremlin on Thursday said it will begin a two-day ceasefire with Ukraine starting at midnight that is meant to cover its patriotic May 9 parade, after ignoring a Ukrainian ceasefire earlier this week.

"Yes, we are talking about the 8th and 9th of May," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, when asked by AFP if the ceasefire would come into effect from midnight.

In a separate development, several drones entered Latvian airspace from Russia overnight, with two of them crashing and one causing a brief fire at an oil depot, the army said on Thursday.

"Several unmanned aerial vehicles entered Latvian airspace", the army of the EU and NATO member bordering Russia said in a statement, adding that two of them "crashed."

One of the drones crashed at an oil storage site in Rezekne, in the east of the country, the national police said. A fire broke out but was quickly brought under control by firefighters.

"As long as Russian aggression against Ukraine continues, it is possible that such incidents will be repeated, when a foreign unmanned aircraft enters Latvian airspace or approaches it," the army said.

It was not immediately clear where the drones originated.

Several drones from Russia and Ukraine have crashed in the trio of former Soviet republics in the Baltics -- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania -- since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.