Explosions were heard in the night in various regions and cities of Ukraine under attack by the Russian Armed Forces, after the expiry of the Easter truce announced by Putin.
The mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, reported that explosions have felt in the city. In addition, other explosions have occurred in Cherkasy, Kherson and in the Odessa region. They may have been caused by drones or cruise missiles. At the moment there is no information on any damage or victims.
The air attack alert also started on Kiev. Numerous Russian drones are directed on the Ukrainian capital, as well as on other cities: from Sumy to Chernikhiv, from Dnipropetrovsk to Cherkasy. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine communicates this on Telegram. Citizens are invited to reach shelters. The contract came into action.
The Ukrainian military aeronautics announces that the Russian attacks occurred with three missiles and 96 drones of various types, including the Kamikaze Shahed. A Cruise Missile Antinave Onyx hit the Kherson region and two KH-31P anti-rage missiles hit the Mykolaiv region. The Ukrainian aerial defenses have demolished 42 enemy-free aircraft and 47 drones-eco have fallen in open areas.
“This day was not sufficient in Moscow to respond to the proposal of a ceased the complete fire of 30 days after Easter, nor to the proposal to extend the fire in the skies at least the cease, refraining from missile attacks and with drones against civil infrastructures. The nature of the actions of Ukraine will remain symmetrical: the fire will respond with a ceased to cease the fire, and to the Russian attacks it will be answered with our in defense. The actions speak stronger and stronger than words. “The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky writes it on X.
In his post on X Zelensky cites the commander’s report in “Capo Syrskyi updated at midnight, after the end of Easter” and says: “The total number of violations by the Russian army of the promise to cease the Russian fire during the day reached 2,935. The highest number of bombings and assaults occurred in the direction of Pokrovsk. The Russian promise of a ceased the complete fire did not apply even in the direction of Kursk. Overall, along the front line, 96 Russian assaults occurred, 1,882 bombings against our positions, of which 812 with heavy armaments, and over 950 cases of use of drones by Russian forces “.
WSJ: ‘Kiev under pressure for a response to the USA during the week’
Kiev is under pressure to respond this week to a series of wide -ranging ideas of the Trump Administration on how to end the war in Ukrainian: at the center of the proposals, the concessions to Russia, including the potential recognition by the United States of the annexation of the Crimea in Moscow in 2014 and the exclusion of Kiev from adhesion to NATO.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) writes it. The ideas were outlined in a reserved document presented on Thursday in Paris by high officials of Washington to their Ukrainian counterparts, according to what was reported by western officials. They were also shared with high European officials during the meeting that lasted one day.