Russia Claims Ukraine Has Violated Easter Ceasefire

Ukraine has committed several violations of the Easter truce, according to Rodion Miroshnik, a senior diplomat at the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had announced a 30 hour pause in hostilities that starting at 6:00pm Moscow time on Saturday and lasting through Sunday until midnight on Monday.

Putin expressed hope that Kiev would demonstrate goodwill and adhere to the ceasefire.

RT reports: He instructed the country’s military to stay on high alert and be ready “to respond to any violations or provocations.” Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky said a few hours later that Kiev’s forces “will act in a reciprocal way.”

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“Kiev violated the Easter truce,” Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s ambassador-at-large overseeing investigations of war crimes by Kiev, said on Sunday.

Overnight, the Ukrainian forces attacked a suburb of the town of Kremennaya in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic, he said.

On Sunday morning, the town of Gorlovka in Donetsk People’s Republic was targeted with four 155mm shells, the diplomat informed. There were also attempts to attack the regional capital, Donetsk, he added.

In Kherson Region, the settlements of Aleshki, Golaya Pristan and Kakhovka were hit by drones and mortars after the truce took effect, Miroshnik said.

More reports of violations of the Easter ceasefire by Kiev are coming in, according to the diplomat.

During their phone call on March 18, Putin accepted his US counterpart Donald Trump’s proposal to introduce a 30-day pause on strikes targeting energy facilities operated by Kiev and Moscow.

Zelensky also said at the time that his country would abide by the truce. However, the Russian Defense Ministry has been reporting daily violations of the partial ceasefire by Ukraine.