Russia fired 96 drones against Ukraine hours after the truce
Russia has fired 96 drones and three missiles that night against the eastern part of Ukraine, hours after the expiration of trucecaused damage in Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Cherkas regions, the Reuters Air Force of Ukraine reported.
| The Ukrainian Air Force has removed 42 Russian drones and another 47 drones have been diverted with the help of electronic military equipment, the Air Force of Ukraine in Telegram said. The 47 drones were sent as baits, but they lost their direction thanks to the actions of Ukrainian radio-electronic wrestling units, without damaging. |
Air concern was also announced in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv tonight. In the port town of Nikolaev, southern Ukraine, explosions echoed.
This happened hours after the end of the ceasefire, declared on Easter by the Russian President Vladimir PutinS
What is a « truce » and why Putin abuses this term
The two sides of the conflict have accused each other of thousands of disorders of the armistice.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that President Putin did not order an extension of the cessation of fire.
| His Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelenski, in turn, suggested stopping drones and rocket attacks against civilian infrastructure for 30 days. |
Putin’s cynical trick
Zelenski said earlier that the armed forces of Ukraine had counted nearly 3,000 violations by Russia to the termination of the fire on the occasion of Easter, but did not mention an air strike during this period.
