Published On 12 Apr 202612 Apr 2026Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of violating a truce in place for Orthodox Easter, as the war dragged on into its fifth year.Both sides had agreed to observe the ceasefire for the religious holiday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordering the truce more than a week after Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed a halt to hostilities.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBut as with a similar agreement last year, only relative calm reigned along the 1,200km (745-mile) front line.“As of 7:00 am on 12 April, 2,299 ceasefire violations were recorded. Specifically: 28 enemy assault actions, 479 enemy shellings, 747 strikes by attack drones … and 1,045 strikes by FPV drones,” the Ukrainian military’s general staff said in a post on Facebook.In turn, Russia’s Ministry of Defence accused Kyiv of nearly 2,000 breaches.“A total of 1,971 ceasefire violations by units of the Ukrainian armed forces were recorded between 4:00 pm Moscow time on April 12 and 8:00 am on April 12,” the ministry said on the state-pushed MAX application.The Russian ministry claimed Kyiv had fired 258 times using artillery or tanks, carried out 1,329 FPV drone strikes, and dropped “various types of munitions” on 375 occasions, notably via drones.Moscow also accused the Ukrainian military of launching “three nighttime attacks” against Russian positions and “four attempts to advance” along the front line, while claiming to have thwarted each.Call from KremlinMeanwhile, the Kremlin said Russia would not extend the truce unless Kyiv accepts its terms. Advertisement “Sustainable peace can come when we secure our interests and achieve the goals we set from the very start. This can be done liter …
