A clear message that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putinhas not instructed to extend Easter truce In Ukraine, the Russian Agency TASS reported, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
The original unilateral ceasefire of fire, which Vladimir Putin had announcedwas in force from Friday night to midnight on Sunday (20.04.25), with comments transmitted by the Russian News Agency coming a few hours after expiration of the 30 -hour ceasefire.
A truce, however, has been challenged, as it has essentially proved inappropriate with both sides blaming each other of violations.
The president of Ukraine Volodimir Zelenski He accused Russian military forces of continuing attacks despite the easter ceasefire that Vladimir Putin promised.
Just a few hours after the Russian president’s announcement, the Air alarms were repeated in Ukraine, where The authorities, who had pledged to adhere to the ceasefire, denounced its violation by the Russians.
Volodimir Zelenski announced via Facebook that shells and drone attacks continued throughout the night.
“Generally, from Easter morning, we can say that the Russian army is trying to create a general impression of a ceasefire of fire, but in some places does not give up individual attempts To promote and bring losses to Ukraine, “the Ukrainian president wrote, citing a report by the Ukrainian Army leader Olxandr Sirski.
Ukraine will respond “symmetrically” to any such attack, Volodimir Zelenski said.
On her side the Moscow announced that Russian forces were “repelled” Ukrainian attacks at night.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced attacks on Russian positions in areas of Donetsk.
Kiev had proposed an extension of the cease to have 30 days instead of 30 hours. However, from the outset, Moscow had rejected the Ukrainian proposal that had also been formulated for weeks.
The ceasefire was announced by Putin at a time when the US government’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine is in a deadlock.