Summary
- Putin declares Easter ceasefire until midnight Sunday
- Zelenskiy says Russian activity picks up this morning
- Russia says Ukraine broke ceasefire more than 1,000 times
- Russian military bloggers report decrease in activity
Russia and Ukraine blamed each other on Sunday for breaking a one-day Easter ceasefire announced by President Vladimir Putin, with both sides accusing the other of carrying out hundreds of attacks.
Putin, who ordered thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, ordered Russian forces to “stop all military activity” along the front line in the three-year-old war until midnight Moscow time (2100 GMT) on Sunday.