- KYIV —
Russian attacks during the 30-hour Easter ceasefire unilaterally declared by
President Vladimir Putin over the weekend killed three people in Ukraine's
southern Kherson region, the local governor said Monday.
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- Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on Telegram that the
casualties occurred over the last 24 hours, adding that three others were
wounded.
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- Overall, Russia violated the ceasefire more than 2,900
times, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram statement in
the early hours on Monday. Zelenskyy said that Russian forces carried out 96
assault operations along the front line, shelled Ukrainian positions more than
1,800 times and used hundreds of drones during the course of the ceasefire.
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- “The nature of Ukrainian actions will continue to be
mirror-like: we will respond to silence with silence, and our blows will be a
defense against Russian blows. Actions always speak louder than words,” he
said.
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- Putin announced a temporary Easter truce on Saturday, citing
humanitarian reasons. Ukraine said that it would reciprocate any genuine
ceasefire by Moscow, but voiced skepticism over the Kremlin's intentions. Both
sides traded accusations of violations shortly after. The ceasefire expired at
midnight (2100 GMT) following Easter Sunday.
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- Overnight into Monday, the Russian forces fired three
missiles at Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, as well
as 96 Shahed drones targeting other parts of the country, Ukraine's Air Force
reported. It said it downed 42 drones, while 47 others were jammed mid-flight.
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- In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian drones sparked a fire
at an “outbuilding” and a “food enterprise,” Gov. Serhii Lysak wrote on
Telegram. No one was injured in the attack, he said. An unspecified
infrastructure object was damaged in the Cherkasy region overnight, Gov. Ihor
Taburets said on Telegram.
