“Between midnight and midday at the moment, Russian forces have already carried out 26 assaults,” Zelenskyy stated in a social media put up at noon Sunday. “We’re documenting each Russian violation of its self-declared dedication to a full ceasefire for the Easter interval and are ready to offer the mandatory info to our companions. In observe, both Putin doesn’t have full management over his military, or the scenario proves that in Russia, they haven’t any intention of creating a real transfer towards ending the warfare,” he stated.
Zelenskyy vowed to “mirror” Putin’s actions within the Kursk, Belgorod, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk areas, amongst others.
“Ukraine, along with our companions, is able to transfer in direction of peace as constructively as attainable, however we’d like Russia’s readiness,” Zelenskyy reiterated in one other message. He additionally demanded Russia adjust to the ceasefire, and insisted on extending it for 30 days.
Russia’s protection ministry stated on Sunday that its forces had been “strictly observing” the ceasefire and accused Ukraine of violating the pause in preventing. The ministry stated that Ukrainian models had shot at Russian positions 444 occasions through the night time and carried out greater than 900 drone assaults.
“Because of this, there have been deaths and accidents among the many civilian inhabitants and injury to civilian objects,” the Russian ministry claimed in a assertion.
The U.S. has been attempting to dealer a truce settlement between either side for weeks, however Moscow rejected a latest supply for a month-long full ceasefire, which Ukraine had already agreed to. Whereas Putin did comply with halt assaults on vitality amenities and civilian infrastructure, the Kremlin violated that deal after one hour.