Russia violated Easter truce over 10,500 times, Ukrainian General Staff reports
On Sunday, a total of 107 combat clashes were recorded on the front. Most of them were on the Pokrovsk axis. In total, since the announcement of the "Easter truce", Ukraine has recorded 10,721 violations by the aggressor, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Yesterday alone, despite the declared ceasefire, the Russians deployed 7,702 kamikaze drones and carried out 1,202 attacks on settlements and positions of Ukrainian troops, including 20 from multiple launch rocket systems.
There were no strikes with missiles, guided bombs and Shahed drones during the "truce", but the Russians attacked positions 1,567 times, conducted 119 assault operations and carried out 9,035 strikes with kamikaze drones (including 2,205 Italmas, Lancet, Molniya UAVs; 6,830 FPV drones).
"Easter truce"
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the “Easter truce” that took effect at 4 p.m. on April 11 and lasted until the end of April 12. The Kremlin said it expected “mirror actions” from Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry stated that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s proposal for an Easter ceasefire “has a chance of being implemented” and that a sustained ceasefire “would pave the way for genuine diplomacy and an end to this war.”
Last year, Putin also declared a halt to hostilities from 6 p.m. on April 19 to midnight on April 21. However, on April 20 alone, Ukraine recorded more than 2,000 violations of the “truce” by Russian forces.