The head of the Center for the Center for Disinformation in the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine Andrij Kovalenko said on Saturday that Russia did not stop military actions despite the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a temporary “Easter ceasefire”. The Ukrainian Air Forces issued a warning of air attacks in several areas in eastern Ukraine on Saturday evening. According to the AFP report, TASR informs this and Sky News.
The Kremlin chief announced on Saturday that from 5 pm (CEST) by Sunday 23.00 (CEST) The Russian side declares the Easter ceasefire and ordered to stop all military actions during this specified period. “We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow our example,” Putin said.
Kovalenko announced on the telegram platform that the Russians, despite the ceasefire announced by Putin, are continuing the attacks. “The Russians seek to pretend to be peacemakers, but they have already rejected an unconditional ceasefire on March 11, and are now carrying out an information operation, talking about a ceasefire, but they continue to shoot without stopping,” He said “all this in order to accuse Ukraine,” Kovalenko added. The Ukrainian air forces on social networks warned against Russian attacks. Alerts were issued for Kharkov, Donetsk, Zaporožská and Dnepropetrovská area.
BBC informed that Ukrainian troops were ordered to stop fire to Russian positions shortly after the above -mentioned ceasefire was to enter into force. A high -ranking Ukrainian military representative said that the units were instructed to record any ceasefire violations on photographs and videos and returned fire if necessary. Putin’s announcement of a temporary ceasefire, according to the Ukrainian military representative, “all surprised”.
