After Zelenski, and Russia accuses Ukraine for over a thousand violations of the Armistice announced by Putin
Soldier Ukrainian who pulls artillery in Donet. Credit Line: Muhammed Enes Yildirim / AFP / Profimedia
The Russian Ministry of Defense accused Ukraine on Sunday of violating the armistice of cessation of Easter fire declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin, hitting more than a thousand times, Russian news agencies reported, Reuters reports. President Zelenski also accuses Russia of not stopping the bombings in some places, specifying that “our soldiers respond everywhere as the enemy deserves.”
In a statement quoted by Interfax, the Russian Ministry said that Ukrainian forces fired 444 times on Russian positions, while counting more than 900 Ukrainian attacks with drones.
“Despite the announcement of the Easter armistice, the Ukrainian armed forces tried to attack the positions of Russian troops at night in the areas of Sukhaya Balka and Bogatyr in the Donetk People's Republic, which were rejected,” the Russian Ministry, quoted by Interfax, shows.
The Russian ministry also claims that “according to the order of the Supreme Commander in the head of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, all groups of troops in the area of special military operations have strictly complied with the cease of fire starting at 18:00, April 19, and remained at the previously occupied lines and positions.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense also transmitted that the Russian army has taken control of Novomikhailivka in East Ukraine before declaring the ceasefire, the RIA News Agency reported.
Ukraine also accuses Russia of bombing
Putin ordered his forces on Saturday to “stop any military activity” in Ukraine for a temporary Easter armistice. The Kremlin leader said that the 30 -hour armistice will take from 6:00 pm, Moscow time, on Saturday, until midnight on Sunday.
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But on Sunday morning, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski accused Russia of creating an “impression” to cease fire while continuing military actions in some places in Ukraine.
In the first six hours of the “Easter Armistice”, ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, there were 387 bombings and 19 attacks of the Russian army, and the drones were used 290 times, according to a report of the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian Army, Oleksandr Serskî, quoted by Zelenski on X.
By accusing Russia of military actions, Zelenski added that “our soldiers respond everywhere as the enemy is worth the specific fighting circumstances.”
On Saturday night, a few hours after the armistice, Zelenski was willing to adhere to the armistice and asked for an extended real stop, “30 days, not 30 hours.”
