{"id":48654,"date":"2026-04-12T15:01:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48654"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:01:59","slug":"ukraine-russia-accuse-each-other-of-violating-orthodox-easter-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48654","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of violating Orthodox Easter ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ttsIcon-cIBsl\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"toggletip-tKLKF ttsToggleTip-DSCNQ\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"toggletipInfoButton-yoX4E\" aria-label=\"More information\" aria-controls=\":R89qn5:\" aria-describedby=\":R89qn5:\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M11 7H13V9H11V7ZM11 11H13V17H11V11ZM12 2C6.48 2 2 6.48 2 12C2 17.52 6.48 22 12 22C17.52 22 22 17.52 22 12C22 6.48 17.52 2 12 2ZM12 20C7.59 20 4 16.41 4 12C4 7.59 7.59 4 12 4C16.41 4 20 7.59 20 12C20 16.41 16.41 20 12 20Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. 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We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Russia\u00a0and Ukraine\u00a0accused each other\u00a0on Sunday of breaching the\u00a032-hour ceasefire\u00a0in their four-year war, each reporting close to 2,000 drone and shelling attacks just hours after the truce began on Saturday to mark Orthodox Easter.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Russian Defence Ministry said it recorded 1,971 ceasefire violations overnight into Sunday, while Ukraine&#8217;s general staff reported 479 shelling attacks and more than 1,700 drone strikes by\u00a0Russian troops.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u00a0said a child was among civilians injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Kursk region, while Vyacheslav Gladkov, the Belgorod regional governor, reported two people killed by Ukrainian shelling.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s State Emergencies Service said two civilians were wounded on Sunday by a\u00a0Russian drone attack in the Kharkiv region.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters could not independently verify reports of military activity.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that the truce was a &#8220;humanitarian gesture&#8221; from\u00a0Russian President Vladimir Putin but that\u00a0Russian troops would resume fighting as soon as it ends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Putin has instructed the\u00a0Russian military to remain on high alert in case of provocations,&#8221; Peskov said.<\/p>\n<p>Putin\u00a0announced\u00a0the temporary Orthodox Easter ceasefire on April 9, and it is set to end at midnight Moscow time on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose previous ceasefire proposals were turned down by Moscow, agreed to the truce.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/ukraine-russia-easter-ceasefire-violation-9.7160792?cmp=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. 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