Ukraine reports many Russian drones attacks after the truce end

The Ukraine Army reported the attacks of Russian drones in several areas overnight, a few hours after the end of the “Easter truce” of 30 hours announced by Moscow.

The Air Force has issued alert alerts for the Kiev region, as well as Jacon, Dniproptrovsk, Cherkasy, MykolaV and Zaporizhzia.

In the southern city of Miklav, Mayor Olikander Senkvich said, “The explosions have been heard.” It was not immediately clear if there were any victims.

The Russian army did not comment on the reported attacks. The truce announced by President Vladimir Putin ended in midnight on Sunday Moscow time (21:00 GMT). The two sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire.

In the early hours of Monday, the local authorities immediately urged the population in many Ukrainian cities, including the KYIV capital, immediately to the nearby shelters due to the threat of drones.

The Air Force also informed Ukraine about a “rocket threat” for the central areas, and said that Russia Air “is” active in the northeastern and eastern directions. “

Russia’s news agency TASS said that a spokesman for Carmlin several hours before the truce ended.

The BBC has not independently verified the claims of Ukraine and Russia.

“We hope that Russia and Ukraine will clarify this week’s deal,” said US President Donald Trump – who was pressing to end the war – late on Sunday. He did not give more details.

Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and is currently controlling about 20 % of Ukraine, including the southern Crimea Peninsula, which was included by Moscow in 2014.

It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people – the vast majority of them – have been killed or wounded from all sides since 2022.

Last month, Moscow reached a long list of conditions in response to a full and unconditional ceasefire that the United States and Ukraine approved.

On Saturday, President Putin said that there will be an end to all hostilities from 18:00 Moscow time (15:00 GMT) on Saturday until midnight on Sunday. Kyiv said he would also abide.

“I ask all military measures to stop,” Putin said in his announcement.

“We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow our example. At the same time, our forces must be ready to repel the potential violations of Indian and provocations from the enemy, that is, from its aggressive actions.”

However, Ukraine President Volodimir Zelinski said late on Sunday that there is a total of 1882 cases of Russian bombing, 812 of which included heavy weapons, according to a report issued by the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in Okran Olexandri.

The president said that the heaviest shelling and attacks were in eastern Ukraine near the besieged city of Boukrovsk, a major logistics center in the Donetsk region.

“The nature of the Ukrainian procedures will remain reflected: we will respond silently, and our strikes will be protection from Russian strikes,” Zellinski said.

Earlier on Sunday, he said that “there were no air strikes today,” referring to the daily strikes in Russia and missiles against Ukraine.

He suggested “to stop any strikes using long -term drones on civilian infrastructure for at least 30 days, with the possibility of extension.”

Zelinski also said that Putin’s announcement of the truce was like a “PR” exercise and his words were “empty”. He accused the Kremlin of trying to create “a general impression of the ceasefire.”

The president said: “This Easter has clearly proven that the only source of this war, and the reason that it continues is, is Russia.”

The Russian Ministry of Defense insisted that its forces “noticed the accuracy of the ceasefire.”

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova Ukraine was accused of using HIMARS missiles presented by the United States during the ceasefire.

The announcement of the sudden ceasefire came shortly after Trump threatened to “pass” the additional brokerage of Russian-Ukraine peace conversations.

However, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday that Washington was “committed to a full and comprehensive ceasefire.”

“It is time for a long time to stop death and destruction and end this war,” the spokesman added.