Russia and Ukraine blamed each other on Sunday (20) for violating the ceasefire one day during the Easter announced by President Vladimir Putin. The other two sides were accused of performing hundreds of attacks.
Putin, who sent thousands of Russian forces to Ukraine in February 2022, ordered the Russian forces to “boycott all military activities” along the war line for three years until midnight Moscow time on Sunday (20).
Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski said Russia pretends to be respectful cease-fireBut in fact, hundreds of artillery attacks continued on Saturday night (19), with more attacks on Sunday (20).
Russia launched 46 attacks in the middle of the night until 4 pm, at local time, including heavy weapons, Zelensky wrote on the X X.
“Either Putin has no full control of his army or the situation proves that in Russia they have no intention to create a real movement to end the war and they are only interested in covering favorable public relations,” Zelinski said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Ukraine The ceasefire has broken more than 1,000 times, causing damage to infrastructure and causing some civilians.
The ministry said that the Ukrainian forces launched Russian positions 444 times, while more than 900 Ukrainian drones were counted, including attacks on Crimea and Russian border areas in the areas of Bianank, Korsk and Baljuroud.
“As a result, there are deaths and injuries between the civilian population, as well as the damage to civil facilities,” the ministry said.
Ukrainian military personnel said at the beginning of Sunday (20) that the front line activity had decreased. Some Russian military bloggers also said that the front line activity decreased dramatically.
Reuters was unable to immediately verify the battlefield reports on both sides.
A clear failure to respect until the ceasefire on Easter shows how difficult it is for US President Donald Trump to achieve his goal of closing a permanent deal to end what he calls the “bloodbath” in the war in Ukraine.
OS The United States of America will abandon efforts to mediate the peace agreement unless there are clear signs of progress soonTrump and Foreign Minister, Marco Rubio, said last Friday (18).
