The Russian attack during the 30-hour Easter ceasefire announced by President Vladimir Putin over the weekend killed three people in Ukraine’s South Herson area, the local governor said.
Governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on Telegram that the casualties have occurred in the last 24 hours, adding that three other people have been injured.
Overall, Russia has violated the ceasefire more than 2,900 times, Ukraine’s host Voldymir Zelenki said in a telegram statement early on Monday.
Zelenskyy said Russian forces carried out 96 assault operations along the frontline, fired more than 1,800 times across Ukraine’s locations, and used hundreds of drones during the ceasefire.
“The nature of Ukraine’s actions will continue to be a mirror. We will respond to silence and our blows will be a defense against Russian strikes. Actions are always more eloquent than words,” he said.
Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire on Saturday, citing humanitarian reasons.
Ukraine said it would return and forth a genuine ceasefire by Moscow, but would express skepticism about the Kremlin’s intentions.
The two sides exchanged charges of violations shortly afterwards. The ceasefire expired on Easter Sunday in the middle of local time.
Overnight until Monday, Russian forces launched three missiles in the southern regions of Ukraine’s Herson and Mikolife regions, reported 96 Shahed drones targeting other parts of the country.
It said it killed 42 drones, but the other 47 people got stuck in flight.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian drones sparked fires in “outbuilding” and “food businesses,” Governor Serhii Lysak wrote in Telegram.
No one was injured in the attack, he said. Governor Ihor Taburets said on Telegram Governor Ihor Taburets that unspecified infrastructure objects were damaged overnight in the Cherkasy area.
In a statement Monday, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Moscow’s troops “have closely observed the ceasefire and remained in previously occupied lines and positions.”
Ukraine accused them of violating the ceasefire 4,900 times, including six attempts in assault operations, 1,404 attacks from artillery, multiple rocket launchers and mortars, and 3,316 drone strikes targeting Russian troops.
The ministry said that once the ceasefire expired, Russian troops “resumed special military operations” in Ukraine.
