Volodymyr Zelenski reported on Sunday that "Russian army "fake ceasefire" announced for Easter by Vladimir Putin and continues to effort the task Ukraine losses on the front line.
"Generally, since Easter morning, it can be said that the Russian army trying to make a general impression ceasefires, but in any places it does not quit individual attempts to invade and to execute Ukrainian losses," said Zelenski on social media.
SEE: Putin’s “Easter Truce”. Russian troops proceed to attack
Vladimir Putin Saturday late evening announced an unexpected one-day ceasefire, giving orders to his troops ‘stopping all military activities’ on the front line in a three-year war.
Reutera notes that this ‘gest’ occurred after the announcement by United Statesthat they may retreat from peace talks in a fewer days if Moscow and Kiev do not show that they are serious about negotiating.
Putin has announced that the fight is to halt from 18:00 Moscow time on Saturday to midnight on Sunday.
War in Ukraine. Hundreds of attacks and casualties. This is what Putin says about the “suspension of arms”
However, the president of Ukraine points out that hundreds of shellings occurred on Saturday evening, besides in the Kursk region of Russia. “Between 6:00 yesterday and midnight today, 387 shellings and 19 attacks by Russian forces. Russians They utilized drones 290 times.“ – Zelenski said.
He added that on Sunday morning Ukrainian forces had already noted 59 blasts and 5 assault attempts along the front line. “Russia must full comply with the conditions of suspension,” said Zelenski.
He repeated that Kiev is willing to prolong the ceasefire by 30 days, but added that if Russia continues to fight on Sunday, Ukraine will respond the same way. "Ukraine will proceed to act symmetrically" – he said.
SEE: Zelenski reacts to the “Easter truce”. He made Putin an offer.
Victoria Kalimbet of the Frontliner portal, which resides in Kharkov, reported that the Sunday morning in the city is “an astonishingly quiet”. The night was quiet, too, but before that, at night. We heard quite a few air alarms, there was a ballistic threat.. It was most likely a reaction to information coming from Russia about picking up fighters – she reported on Polsat News.
– We can safely say that Putin's truce is simply a complete lie.. Shortly after announcing this truce, the Russians attacked a residential building in Kherson, an unmanned man. We know a man died. This is the situation across the full region. The same thing happened in the Zaporo region, where a man was killed in an artillery shelling in the seaside village in the Zaporo region, too," said the journalist.
Ukraine responds to the Kremlin's "retirement". Zelenski made a proposal
Saturday Volodymyr Zelenski proposed Extend the ceasefireIf Russia truly follows the conditions Putin spoke of.
"Silence in consequence to silence, punches in defence of punches. If there truly is silence, Ukraine proposes to extend it beyond the end of Easter i.e. April 20th," wrote the president of Ukraine.
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“This is what will uncover Russia’s actual intentions – due to the fact that 30 hours is adequate to scope the front pages of newspapers, but not real means of building trust. 30 days could give peace a chance," he said.
Zelenski then recalled that Russia did not respond to the American initiative concerning the ceasefire for 30 days.
"The corresponding proposal for a full and unconditional 30-day ceasefire remained unanswered by Russia for 39 days. The United States made this proposal, Ukraine responded positively, but Russia her ignored” wrote Zelenski.
