https://sundayeveningreview.com/tags/tony-awards/Recent content in Tony Awards on Sunday Evening ReviewHugoen-usWed, 06 May 2026 16:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/today/the-day-may-6-2026/Wed, 06 May 2026 16:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/today/the-day-may-6-2026/<p>Ukraine&rsquo;s unilateral ceasefire took effect at midnight, and the first hours of it were quiet. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the &ldquo;silence regime&rdquo; on Monday, saying Ukraine would halt hostilities starting at 00:00 on the night of May 5 to 6. &ldquo;We will act reciprocally starting from that moment,&rdquo; he said, <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-announces-earlier-ceasefire-starting-may-6-ahead-of-russias-victory-day-truce/">the Kyiv Independent reported</a>.</p> <p>The timing was deliberate. Russia had declared its own ceasefire for May 8 and 9, the two days Moscow marks the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Zelensky moved first by forty-eight hours. It was, in diplomatic terms, a dare: Russia&rsquo;s Defense Ministry had warned that if the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9 were &ldquo;disrupted,&rdquo; it would launch a large-scale missile strike on central Kyiv, <a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/04/russia-unilaterally-declares-victory-day-ceasefire-while-zelenskyy-tables-own-truce">Euronews reported</a>. By starting the silence before Russia did, Zelensky reframed the question. The issue was no longer whether Ukraine would observe Moscow&rsquo;s holiday. The issue was whether Moscow would observe its own.</p>