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Day 1509. Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of not observing the Easter truce

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On the morning of April 12, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that, in accordance with the order of Vladimir Putin, all troop groups in Ukraine “from 16.00 on April 11 strictly observed the ceasefire and remained at previously occupied lines and positions.”

At the same time, the ministry claims that on the night of April 12, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the Dnepropetrovsk region three times: twice in the direction of the village of Gai and once in the direction of the village of Otradnoye. In addition, the Russian side claims that it has thwarted four attempts to advance the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the positions of Russian troops in the Sumy region and the self-proclaimed DPR.

In total, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, from 16:00 on April 11 to 8:00 on April 12, Russia recorded that the Ukrainian Armed Forces violated the Easter truce 1971 times.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, stated that as of 8:00, Russian troops violated the ceasefire, which began the day before, 2,299 times.

According to the Ukrainian side, Russia carried out 28 assaults, 479 shellings, and attacked more than 1,800 times with Lancet and Molniya drones, as well as FVP drones. At the same time, as the Armed Forces of Ukraine noted, Russia did not strike with missiles, guided aerial bombs or Shahed-type attack drones.

The head of the military administration of the Sumy region, Oleg Grigorov, said that as a result of a Russian drone strike on an ambulance in the Glukhiv community on the night of April 12, three medical workers were injured. The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on the morning of April 12 that they had recorded the flight of a Russian drone (its type was not specified) over the Sumy region.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on the evening of April 11 that Ukraine offered Russia to extend the ceasefire after the Easter truce expired on the night of April 13. “We made an offer to Russia, and if Russia again chooses war instead of peace, this will once again demonstrate to the world, and in particular to the United States, who really wants what,” Zelensky said.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, in turn, said on April 12 that after the truce expires, Russia will continue hostilities until Zelensky makes peace with Russia. “This can be done literally in today mode. But Zelensky must make those well-known decisions. And as soon as they are accepted, then everything will move on to a peaceful course,” Peskov said. He added that Russia wants a “sustainable peace.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin unilaterally announced a cessation of hostilities for a day and a half at Easter in 2025. At that time, the parties to the conflict repeatedly accused each other of numerous violations, but the intensity of hostilities at that time decreased significantly.

War in photographs. Kramatorsk after an airstrike by the Russian Armed Forces carried out before the Easter truce

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Alexandra (Russia) . When the war started, I was terrified and in disbelief. Very strong anxiety, misunderstanding and pain. My father is an ardent supporter of all this, and we had a very strong quarrel on this basis, from that moment I still cannot perceive him again as before.

At first, the sanctions and so on hurt me a lot, but now I’ve gotten used to it, I can live peacefully without it. It is restless to live knowing that people are dying on both sides. It is unsettling to live among repression when you are a queer person.

My dream for all four years was for this to all end as soon as possible. It doesn’t matter to me what will happen to Russia after this. I just want to live in peace, without worrying about how my mother, brother, grandmother, grandfather are doing - in a city where UAVs have begun to fly more and more often lately. Live in peace, knowing that in the near future everything will be fine with them. I would like your distant relatives from Ukraine not to hate you - simply because you are a hostage to the situation.

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