Recap’ – 20 Minutes provides you with an update every evening on the conflict in Ukraine. This Wednesday, Putin spoke to Trump and then proposed a brief ceasefire, while bombs continue to kill civilians on both sides.
You missed the latest events in the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes updates you every evening. Here is the essential news from Wednesday, April 29, 2026, the 1,526th day of the conflict.
The highlight of the day
The human toll of the conflict has been particularly heavy in recent days, including for Russia. After the death of four Russians on Tuesday, three additional Russian civilian victims were announced on Wednesday following a Ukrainian strike in the border region of Belgorod. “The enemy deliberately targeted a bus (carrying) passengers in the village of Voznesenovka. Three women died on the spot,” said the governor of the region. Eight wounded were also hospitalized.
In Ukraine, a sixty-year-old woman was killed in Russian strikes on residential buildings in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, authorities announced. According to a report from the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) published in early January, nearly 15,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed since February 2022.
The trend
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a ceasefire in Ukraine on May 9, the day Russia celebrates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, the Kremlin announced.
During a phone call with his American counterpart Donald Trump on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin said he was ready to “declare a ceasefire for the duration of the Victory Day celebrations (…)”.
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