Live War in Ukraine, day 1153: alert of air raid and explosions in Ukraine after the expiration of Easter Armistice / Moscow and Kiev have accused each other of violating him
War scene in Zaporojie, Ukraine. Photo: Dmyro Smolieko / Zuma Press / Profimedia
After the completion of the Easter armistice proposed by Putin, Kiev and eastern Ukraine were again under air raid alert, and the city of Nikolaev was shaken by explosions. Both parties accused each other of violations of the armistice, while Ukraine and Washington had expressed their desire to extend the cessation of fire, an idea rejected by Moscow.
The evolutions of Monday, day 1153 of the Ukraine War, LiveText:
Ukraine has issued air raid alerts for Kiev and the eastern half of the country, while the explosions rocked the city of Nikolaev Monday morning, the authorities announced, a few hours after the one -day Easter armistice announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin ended, writes Reuters.
Kiev and Moscow have accused each other of thousands of attacks that violated the armistice that the Kremlin indicated on Sunday that it would not be extended.
Washington said he would greet an extension of the armistice, and President Volodimir Zelenski has several times reiterated Ukraine's desire to interrupt the attacks for 30 days in the war.
But Putin, who launched Russia's invasion in Ukraine in February 2022 and ordered on Saturday to stop all military activities along the front line until Sunday at midnight, Moscow Hour, did not give its extension orders.
“There were no other orders,” said the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, quoted by the Russian TASS State Press Agency, asked if the cessation of fire could be extended.
Some regions of the eastern Ukraine have been under aerial raid alert starting a few minutes after midnight, according to Ukrainian Air Force data, alerts gradually extending to the central regions of the country.
“We urge the inhabitants of the city to go immediately to the closest shelters and stay there until the end of the alert,” said the Kiev Military Administration in a post on social networks at 04:41 I have local time.
The explosions rocked the Ukrainian port city of Nikoalev, said Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich on Telegram. But he did not say whether it was air defense systems in operation or if Russian air weapons have reached a target.
Although there were no air raid alerts on Sunday in Ukraine, Ukrainian forces reported nearly 3,000 Russia's cessation violations, the strongest attacks and bombings being observed along the Pokrovsk part of the front line, Zelenski said.
The Voronej region of Russia, which is bordering with Ukraine, was also under alert of air raids for two hours overnight, the governor of the region said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces have fired 444 times on Russian positions and said that it had over 900 Ukrainian attacks, also stating that there were dead and injured among the civilian population.
Reuters said he could not independently verify the battlefield information.
US President Donald Trump, who hopes to conclude a long -term peace agreement, was optimistic on Sunday, saying that “we hope” that the two parties will reach an agreement “this week” to put an end to the conflict.
On Friday, Trump and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that the US will withdraw from peace efforts if there will be no clear signs of progress soon.
