Message to the president of Russia Vladimir Putin How the State Department would “welcome” the extension, beyond Sunday, of the Easter truce at Ukraine The US sent a first reaction to the Kremlin’s refusal to renew the command.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been instructed For the extension of the Easter truce in Ukraine, the Russian Agency Tass, citing the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, a reported earlier today, Easter Sunday (20.204.25).
It is noted that the Russian president announced a 30 -hour truce on Saturday, on Easter, ending at midnight tonight.
However, Russia and Ukraine are acclaimed for the its violation, With a truce in essence staying on … papers.
“We saw President Putin’s announcement of a temporary ceasefire due to Easter. We remain committed to achieving complete and total truce, “said a US Foreign Ministry spokesman in a statement sent by email.
Added that Washington “It would welcome” her extension.
The two warring countries, however, blame each other of violations of the truce. On the Russian side, the Ministry of Defense spoke of ‘fruitless attempts ยป of the Ukrainian army to attack Russian positions in the fields of Soucha Balka and Bagatiir in the Donetsk area. Military actions were also recorded in areas bordering Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod, where “civilians were injured or killed”.
On the Ukrainian side, the President Volodimir Zelenski He talked about “Russian businesses” in the areas of Pokovsk and Sibersk on the eastern front, accusing the Russian army of “continuing heavy weapons”.
A French agency journalist in Kramatorsk, near the front, said he heard explosions today, but the situation was much quieter today and did not see smoke rising on the horizon. “The action of the enemy has declined significantly in the areas of Zaporizia and Harcovo” and only “individual incidents were observed,” a Ukrainian unit of unmanned aircraft unit, demanding that his anonymity be respected.