Russia and Ukraine accused each other of violating a 32-hour ceasefire introduced to mark Orthodox Easter on Saturday (11 April). Russian officials said Ukrainian drones attacked targets in the Kursk and Belgorod border regions, injuring five people.
Ukraine’s General Staff said Russian forces had breached the ceasefire 469 times, including direct attacks, shelling and drone strikes.
The ceasefire, announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, came into effect at 16:00 Moscow time (13:00 GMT). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv would abide by it.
However, Alexander Khinshtein, Governor of Russia's Kursk border region, wrote on the state-backed messenger service MAX that a Ukrainian drone had struck a petrol station in the town of Lgov, injuring three people, including a child. Khinshtein said the attack took place after the start of the ceasefire.
In the adjacent Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said two people were injured in Ukrainian drone attacks.
Gladkov, writing on Telegram, said a man and woman were injured in attacks in Shebekino and Grayvoron, two small towns just inside the border. He added that Ukrainian forces had also shelled Shebekino, damaging homes and other buildings.
A local Russia-installed official in a part of southern Kherson region held by Moscow reported on social media that a Ukrainian drone attack had injured one person.
Ukraine’s General Staff said it had recorded 22 direct attacks, 153 shelling incidents, 19 strikes by attack drones and 275 first-person-view drone strikes by Russian forces.
During a similar 30-hour Easter ceasefire agreed in 2025, each side accused the other of infringements.
Zelenskyy did not refer directly to alleged breaches in his nightly address, but said Ukraine would adhere to the ceasefire and expressed hope it could be extended.
"It would be right for the ceasefire to continue beyond this. We have made this proposal to Russia and if Russia once again chooses war instead of peace, it will show the world, and particularly the United States, who truly wants what,” he said.
In his Easter message, Putin described the holiday as the "triumph of love, good and justice".
Zelenskyy has previously proposed halting the fighting, but Moscow has rejected such initiatives, saying it is seeking a broader settlement.
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