内容摘要：, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.

, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.

Putin announced Monday the temporary ceasefire. However, he hasn’t offered details on how the truce, which will start May 8 and last through the end of May 10, would be monitored. It marks Moscow’s defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, known as Victory Day, and comes more than three years afterRussia has effectively rejected a U.S. proposal for an immediate and full 30-day halt in the fighting by imposing far-reaching conditions. Ukraine has accepted it, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Kyiv is keen to lock in crucial U.S. military aid for the war, amid doubts aboutif Washington walks away.U.S. President Donald Trump has

in trying to end the fighting, but helast weekend about Putin’s commitment to negotiate a peace deal amid continuing attacks on Ukraine. He said he suspected the Russian leader could be trying to mislead him.

Ukrainian officials scoffed at Putin’s ceasefire announcement.

Andrii Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, said Russia is still trying to break through the around 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line while also launching long-range attacks on civilian areas.Asked about Trump’s triumphant celebration of his first 100 days in office, Biden replied that he’ll let history render the judgement.

“I don’t see anything that was triumphant,” he said.KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — International aid agencies warned Friday that Israeli plans to control aid distribution in Gaza, including a U.S.-backed proposal, will only increase suffering and death in the devastated Palestinian territory, calling on Israel to lift its blockade on food and other supplies, now in its third month.

The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said the new U.S.-devised aid system would be launched soon, urging the U.N. and other aid groups to participate. So far, the U.N. has rejected the new system, saying it “weaponizes aid,” threatens to cause mass displacement of Palestinians, violates principles of neutrality and simply won’t be able to provide the scale of aid needed.In what has become a daily scene of desperation in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians crowded a charity kitchen in the southern city of Khan Younis, jostling and waving their pots to receive scoops of pasta. Such kitchens are virtually the only source of food left for the territory’s 2.3 million people, but dozens have shut down in recent days as food supplies run out under Israel’s blockade. Aid groups say more closures are imminent.