Russian forces have resumed military operations against Ukraine following the expiration on April 21 of a 30-hour cease-fire, which Moscow unilaterally announced last weekend to mark the Easter holiday.
“With the expiry of the truce, the Russian Armed Forces continued the special military operation,” Moscow’s defense ministry stated, referring to its ongoing invasion of eastern Ukraine.
In a statement cited by Russia’s TASS news agency, the ministry claimed that Russian forces had strictly observed the Easter cease-fire, which lasted from 6 p.m. on April 19 to midnight on April 20 (Moscow time).
Hours after the truce expired, the Ukrainian air force said Russia had fired a number of missiles and drones into Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions.
According to the Ukrainian air force, most incoming drones were successfully neutralized by air defense batteries.
Ukrainian officials said that no deaths or injuries—or any significant material damage—had so far been reported as a result of the renewed Russian attacks.
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