The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Sunday that Its forces took retaliatory steps after Ukraine continued the attacks despite the “Easter ceasefire”, which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Saturday. Ukraine also reported violations of the ceasefire. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
Putin announced on Saturday that From 5 pm (CEST) to Sunday 23.00 (CEST) Russian side declares the “Easter ceasefire” and ordered all military actions to stop during this specified period. He also ordered the army to respond to any violation of this ceasefire.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greenable after a few hours responded to the Russian proposal and stated that Ukraine will be “Easter ceasefire” to follow. He added, however, that the Ukrainian forces would respond appropriately to every Russian attack.
The Russian Department of Defense said that Ukrainian forces during the night from Saturday to Sunday “tried to attack Russian positions in the areas of Sucho Balka and Bagatyr in the Donetsk People’s Republic that were reflected”. According to AFP, it is a village in a Russian controlled part of the Donetsk region in the east of Ukraine.
According to Moscow, Ukraine also attacked in Russian border areas – Brian, Kurská and Belgorodska. According to the Russian ministry, civilians died in the attacks. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that troops from Saturday 5 pm (CEST) “strictly adhere to the ceasefire and remained on the front lines and positions that took before the ceasefire”.
The Ministry on the Telegram platform informed that Ukraine had released 48 drones to the Russian territory during the night. Ukrainian units “444 times fired … the positions of our units and took 900 drones,” added the Russian department of defense.
However, Ukraine also reported a violation of the ceasefire. Greeding in his contribution on social networks said that “the Russian army is trying to create a general impression of the ceasefire, while in some areas it continues to continue isolated attempts to advance and cause losses to Ukraine”.
Zeranskyj, referring to the top commander of the Ukrainian armed forces of Olexander Syrsky on the X Network, announced that From 10.00 am local time (09.00 CEST) “increased the number of Russian shells and occupiers use unmanned aircraft Kamikadze”. He added that from midnight the Russian forces have carried out 26 attacks.
“In practice, this means that Putin either does not have full control over its army, or the situation proves that in Russia they do not intend to take a real step towards the end of the war and are interested only in favorable media coverage,” Written by the Ukrainian leader. According to Zelensky, Ukraine documents all violations of this temporary ceasefire and is ready to provide the necessary information to the Allies.
