Smoke blowing into the air after the Ukrainian attack on the Russian city of Donetsk during the Easter truce.© Telegram / ASD
Ukraine committed respective violations of the Easter truce, said Rodion Mirosznik, a elder diplomat in the Russian MFA.
Russian president Vladimir Putin had earlier said that the war break would apply from 6:00 p.m. Moscow time on Saturday and will last until Sunday until midnight on Monday.He ordered the country's military to stay on advanced alert and be ready ‘to respond to any infringement or provocation’.
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelenski told a fewer hours later that Kiev forces "will act in a reciprocal manner".‘Kiyów violated the Easter truce’, said Rodion Miroznik, Ambassador-at-large of the Russian MFA on Sunday overseeing the investigation into war crimes committed by Kiev.At night Ukrainian forces attacked the suburbs of the city of Kremennaja in the Lugansk People's Republic of Russia, he said.On Sunday morning the town of Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic was attacked with 4 155 mm missiles, reported the diplomat.
He added that attempts were besides made to attack the capital of the region, Donetsk.In the area of the Kherson settlements of Aleška, Gołaja Pristan and Kachowka were attacked by drones and mortars after the armistice entered into force, Miroshnik said.According to the diplomat, further reports of violations of ceasefire in the Easter period by Kiev are coming.During the telephone call on March 18, Putin accepted the proposal of his American counterpart Donald Trump to introduce a 30-day break in attacks on energy facilities operated by Kiev and Moscow.Zelenski besides said that his country would observe the truce.
However, the Russian Ministry of Defence regular reports violations of partial ceasefire by Ukraine.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Pieskov said on Friday that the truce on energy infrastructure expired and that there were no orders to extend it from the president of Russia.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/russia/616021-russia-ukraine-eastern-truce/
