War in Ukraine, latest news. Moscow and Kiev accuse each other of violating the Easter truce
According to the Army General Staff, there have been at least '469' incidents of non-compliance with Moscow's combat stop
Moscow and Kiev accuse each other of violating the Orthodox Easter truce. The Ukrainian military stated that Russia has violated the truce 2,299 times since it came into force. For the Russian Defence Ministry, a total of 1,971 ceasefire violations by units of the Ukrainian armed forces were recorded.
The Ukraine, in particular, denounces multiple alleged violations by Russian forces of the Orthodox Easter ceasefire in force since 4pm yesterday: according to the Army General Staff, there have been at least '469' incidents of Moscow's failure to respect the stop to fighting.
Among them, a note said, there were at least '153 bombings' and around 300 drone attacks. In one of these attacks, three medical workers were injured in a drone raid in Hlukhiv (Sumy oblast), near the Russian border in the north, according to local military authorities quoted by the Kiev Independent.
Moscow, we will not extend the truce if Kiev does not accept our conditions
The Kremlin has made it known that it is not prepared for an extension of the Easter ceasefire in force on the frontline in Ukraine beyond tonight at 11pm Italian time, unless Kiev accepts conditions to ensure Moscow's "interests" and "objectives". "As long as (Volodymyr) Zelensky does not have the courage to take this responsibility, the special military operation will continue after the ceasefire expires," Dmitri Peskov, spokesman for the Russian presidency, said in an interview broadcast on state television today. The previous day, in his daily address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had said that it would be 'correct' to extend this ceasefire, pointing out that he had made such a 'proposal' to Moscow.
