“The report of the Commander -in -Chief of Syrky at 20.00 Easter at this hour. From the beginning of the day, the Russian army was more than 2 thousand. One time, the Putin ceasefire violated. There were already 67 Russian assaults against our positions in different directions, and most of all in Pokrovsky. 1355 Russian shelling, 713 – heavy weapons, 673 use by Russians FPV,” he wrote.
According to the President of Ukraine, “in fact, in all the main directions of the front, Russia did not keep its own promise of silence.”
“Russia was not enough and almost the whole day to answer our Ukrainian proposal of complete silence, starting from this moment, from Easter, and for 30 days. However, today there were no aircraft. Therefore, this is the format of silence, which was achieved and which is easiest to continue,” Zelensky believes.
He noted that Ukraine offers to abandon any strikes with long -range drones and missiles on a civil infrastructure for a period of at least 30 days with the possibility of extension.
“If Russia does not agree to such a step, this will be proof that it wants to do and then only what destroys people's lives and continues the war,” Zelensky said.
Earlier, the President of Ukraine reported that as of 16.00 at the front, 46 Russian assault actions and 901 fire were recorded at the front, 448 of which were from heavy weapons.
Context
April 19 illegitimate President of Russia Vladimir Putin announced a two -day Easter truce With Ukraine from 18.00 to 00.00 on April 21 and the cessation of hostilities at the front.
Andrei Kovalenko, the head of the Center for Combating Disinformation at the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine, noted that Russia is trying to deceive the USA, giving himself a peacekeeper with a “festive truce”. The Congressman Joe Wilson from the Republican Party of the United States called Putin’s Easter truce to false, the European Union noted that they wanted to see evidence of the ceasefire.
In the morning of Easter on April 20, Zelensky reported that the Russian army is trying to create a general impression of the ceasefire, but leaves no individual attempts to advance and inflict losses to Ukraine. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the previous day 127 battles occurred at the front. The Air Forces of Ukraine reported a quiet night without anxieties.
As of 16.00 on April 20, the Russian military committed 46 assault actions in various directions and 901 fire, 448 of which – from heavy weapons, informed Zelensky.
On April 20, Putin Speaker Dmitry Peskov said that Putin did not continue the “Easter truce” in Ukraine.
