La Easter Truce, announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, has come to fruition dates without no extensionThe ceasefire, which was supposed to last 30 hours, expired on Sunday evening at 23 p.m. Italian time, which corresponds to midnight in Moscow and Kiev. The Kremlin confirmed that there would be no extension, extinguishing any hope for a longer peace and rejecting Kiev's request to extend it by 30 days.
With the end of the “Easter truce”, Russia immediately resumed its offensive. The Ukrainian Air Force has reported the use of kamikaze drones against targets in the regions of chernihiv, sumi, Kharkiv e Zaporizhia, with air alert also declared in the region of Dnipropetrovsk.
Ukraine-Russia: First Truce Report
During the 30-hour ceasefire, both sides recorded violations. The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky updated the situation on Telegram, reporting that despite the apparent lull in hostilities, Russian forces have launched several attacks. “From the beginning of the day until 16:00 (15:46 in Italy, ed.), a total of 901 Russian attacks in various directions and 448 bombings took place, 400 of which were with heavy weapons. More than XNUMX cases of Russian use of drones have already been documented.”
The attacks during the day were particularly critical. Easter, with 133 bombings launched on the Zaporizhzhia region, 25 of which were air raids. No civilian casualties were reported, but tensions remain high. This was reported Ukrinform, quoting the words of the head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration Ivan Fedorov.
Trump and the pressure on Kiev
In the meantime, Kiev is under increasing pressure to respond to the Trump administration's proposals on how to end the conflict. In a message published in Truth, the former U.S. president Donald Trump He said: “We hope that Russia and Ukraine will reach an agreement this week, then they will do great business with us.”
According to what reported by Wall Street Journal, these proposals, discussed at a meeting in Paris, include significant concessions to Russia, such as US recognition of the 2014 annexation of Crimea and Ukraine's exclusion from NATO membership.
These ideas, contained in a classified document, were presented to Ukrainian officials last Thursday, with subsequent sharing with key European officials. The proposal has sparked extensive discussion, but Kiev's official position remains uncertain.
