Zelensky says Russian attacks ongoing despite 'Easter truce'

Russia's defence ministry said Russian forces had followed the truce and accused Ukraine of breaking it.

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In the first six hours of the "Easter truce" - as ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin - Zelensky said there had been 387 shellings and 19 assaults by Russian forces, and drones used 290 times. There are no reports of casualties.

Putin ordered his forces to "stop all military activity" in Ukraine from 18:00 Moscow time (16:00 BST) on Saturday until midnight on Sunday. Kyiv said it would also adhere.

Russia's defence ministry insisted all Russian forces had been adhering to the truce and accused Ukraine's army of breaking it.

Russia said Ukrainian units fired at the positions of Russian troops 444 times, carried out 900 strikes with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), 12 shellings, 33 strikes by UAVs and seven drops of munitions. The ministry said there were dead and wounded among the civilian population. It did not give any details.

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