In the aftermath of the surprise announcement of one ‘Easter truce’ by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kiev And Fly accuse each other of having violated the cease-fire: on the one hand, the president Volodymyr Zelensky He says that Moscow does not abandon attempts to advance to the front; on the other the Russian Defense Ministry complaint dead And wounded due to the Ukrainian attacks.
Officially, the respite It started at 18:00 yesterday (17:00 in Italy) and will end at the midnight today (the 23 Italians on Sunday). However, both sides denounce victims.
The Russians carried out last night 59 bombings And 5 attacks In various directions of the front line, Zelensky writes on Telegram Based on a Army report Updated at 6:00 this morning (5:00 in Italy). From Easter morning, he adds, “we can say that the Russian army has been trying to create a general impression of ceased fire, but in some places it does not abandon the individual attempts to advance and inflict losses to Ukraine”.
The Ukrainian president therefore underlines how with the hours I Russian bombings are increasing, as well as the use of Kamikaze drones. For its part, the head of the regional military administration of Kherson, Oleksandr Prokudinannounces that a man was killed last night following an attack with Russian droneswhile Zelensky specifies that overall the Russian army has made almost 387 bombings between 18:00 yesterday and midnight, as well as 19 attacksto which others are added 26 Assault operations Between midnight and 12:00.
Zelensky: “Russia has violated the Easter truce more than 2000 times
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of violating the Easter truce more than 2,000 times, but he stressed that no Russian aerial attack was carried out during the day. “Since the beginning of the day, the Russian army has violated the ceased the fire declared by Putin more than 2,000 times (…). However, today no plane alarm has been emitted,” said Zelensky on Telegram, proposing to extend the truce for attacks with drones and long -range missiles against civilian infrastructures by 30 days.
Moscow, for his part, accuses Kiev to have repeatedly violated the ceasefire, trying in the night to attack the Russian positions In the Donetsk occupied. The attacks were “rejected”, the ministry points out, but they caused “dead And wounded among the civilian population “. Specifically, Moscow denounces that the border areas of the Russian regions of Bryansk, Kursk And Belgorod they have suffered 12 bombings, 33 attacks with drones And Seven launches of ammunition.
THE’Russian armyadds, respects “strictly” the ceased, in accordance with the orders of the president Vladimir Putin.
And in the early afternoon the Russian diplomat Rodion Miroshnikresponsible for the control of ‘Crimes of the Kiev regime’says that the Ukrainians have shown theirs Inability to cease fire Not even for 30 hours, while the Ministry of Defense announces that before the declaration of the truce its troops took control of the Ukrainian village of NovomikhailovkaIn the Donetsk.
Meanwhile, in a TV interview the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrovreturns to attack theEU: «The desire to prohibit politicians from some European countries, including the state leaderto go to Russia The May 9ththe day when the country celebrates the defeat of Nazism and the end of the Second World Waris an attempt to revive theIdeology of Nazism».