The body of 17-year-old teenage boy Eskerkhan Khumashev was put on public display in Achkhoy-Martan, the town in Chechnya, where he had earlier stabbed two traffic police officers
Russia and Ukraine exchanged fresh threats and warnings ahead of the May 8–9 Victory Day ceasefire, as Moscow signaled the possibility of massive retaliatory strikes against Kyiv in response to any attempted provocations.