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Russia and Ukraine traded accusations of hundreds of attacks Sunday, casting uncertainty connected a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire that appeared to beryllium unraveling little than a time aft it began.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a 32-hour ceasefire for nan Orthodox Easter holiday, ordering forces to halt fighting from Saturday day done nan extremity of Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to grant nan region but warned Kyiv would respond quickly to immoderate violations.
The vacation ceasefire, however, appeared to beryllium short-lived.
Ukraine’s subject said it had logged 2,299 ceasefire violations by early Sunday morning, including assaults, shelling and mini drone activity, though it noted nary usage of long-range drones, missiles aliases guided bombs.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin crosses himself during nan Orthodox Easter work astatine nan Cathedral of Christ nan Saviour successful Moscow connected April 12, 2026. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
A Ukrainian serviceman told The Associated Press that Russian troops continued attacking positions contempt nan declared truce.
Russia’s Defense Ministry fired back, accusing Ukrainian forces of 1,971 violations, including drone strikes successful nan separator regions of Kursk and Belgorod that allegedly injured civilians.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a property convention successful Bucharest, Romania, connected March 12, 2026. (Octav Ganea/Inquam Photos/Reuters)
The caput of Russia's Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said Sunday that nan bodies of 2 civilians person been recovered pursuing an alleged Ukrainian onslaught connected Saturday.
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The dueling claims item nan heavy mistrust betwixt nan 2 sides and underscore nan trouble of enforcing moreover impermanent pauses successful fighting.
Past ceasefire attempts person collapsed quickly, pinch some nations routinely blaming each other. A akin truce declared by Putin past Easter besides unraveled amid accusations of violations from some sides.
An Easter breadstuff pinch a candle covered by particulate is seen wrong a damaged flat aft a Russian drone onslaught successful Sumy, Ukraine, connected April 11, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP)
Irena Bulhakova told The Associated Press astatine a vacation gathering extracurricular Kyiv that she had her doubts astir immoderate ceasefires arsenic Russia’s four-year warfare connected Ukraine drags on.
"Every clip a ceasefire is announced for a holiday, nan shelling continues regardless," she said.
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Reflecting connected nan meaning of nan Orthodox Easter holiday, she added: "Good triumphs complete darkness, and we dream for that very much."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
