Russia has violated a recently announced Easter ceasefire more than 400 times since it took effect at 4:00 p.m. local time, Ukraine’s General Staff said April 11.<\/p>\n
“After 16:00, 469 ceasefire violations were recorded,” the General Staff said in a statement<\/a>. The alleged violations include 22 enemy assault actions, 153 instances of shelling, 19 kamikaze drone strikes, and 275 FPV drone strikes.<\/p>\n According to the General Staff<\/a>, 101 combat clashes were also recorded along the front lines since the start of the day.<\/p>\n In the North Slobozhansk and Kursk<\/a> directions, four clashes took place, while Russian forces<\/a> carried out 45 attacks on Ukrainian troop positions and settlements. Four of those attacks involved multiple launch rocket systems, the General Staff said.<\/p>\n In the South Slobozhansk direction, Russian troops<\/a> attacked Ukrainian positions five times near the settlements of Starytsia, Veterinarne, Prylipka, and Vovchanski Khutory. Fighting was also reported in the areas of Kupyansk, Lyman, Slavyansk, and Kostyantynivka.<\/p>\n Russian authorities, meanwhile, accused Ukraine of violating the ceasefire, claiming Ukrainian drone strikes targeted locations in the Kursk and Belgorod<\/a> regions and injured five people.<\/p>\n The reported violations followed the start of a 32-hour Orthodox Easter ceasefire<\/a> announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 9. The ceasefire was set to run from 4 p.m. April 11 through the end of April 12.<\/p>\n Ukraine had previously called for a similar truce.<\/p>\n President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> responded to the Kremlin’s latest announcement by reiterating Ukraine’s position.<\/p>\n “Ukraine has repeatedly stated that we are ready for mirror steps. We proposed a ceasefire<\/a> for the Easter holidays this year and will act accordingly,” Zelensky said.<\/p>\n