Ukraine says Russia violated ‘Easter truce’ nearly 3,000 times

Published April 20, 2025 5:07pm ET



Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated that Russia violated its “Easter truce,” which was supposed to see a pause in fighting over the weekend, nearly 3,000 times on Sunday.

In an X post, Zelensky said the violations of the truce on Easter Sunday included 96 Russian attacks on various positions that were mostly concentrated in the city of Pokrovsk, about 35 miles north of Donetsk. There were also 1,882 cases of Russian artillery fire and over 950 cases of Russian drone use.

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