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| Evacuation during the 'Easter Truce' |
| 2025-04-21 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin: [ColonelCassad] In the photo, soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces are evacuating our wounded from the battlefield during the "Easter truce." And in the video below, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are evacuating their own. In a number of areas of the front, by agreement of the lower-level commanders, the day of the "truce" is used for precisely these purposes (among other things). So far, no incidents have been reported during the collection of the wounded and killed during the "truce." The "truce" itself, as expected, did not lead to a ceasefire, although in some areas of the front it was relatively quiet today. But in others the war went on as usual. The "truce" ends tonight. More from regnum.ru Zakharova noted that Kyiv did not observe the Easter truce The Kiev regime did not observe the Easter truce and used American HIMARS systems to violate the ceasefire. This was stated on April 20 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. She commented on the statement by the US State Department, which expressed hope for an extension of the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine after Easter. "The Kiev regime did not observe it during Easter either. Moreover, they used American HIMARS weapons on Bankova to violate the ceasefire," Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel. The diplomat emphasized that this is not an accident, but a pattern, since the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, specifically targeted civilian energy infrastructure during the moratorium. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the evening of April 20 that Russian President Vladimir Putin had not given the order to extend the Easter truce. As reported by Regnum News Agency, Putin declared an Easter truce from 18:00 Moscow time on April 19 to 00:00 Moscow time on April 21. The head of state emphasized that such a decision was made for humanitarian reasons. Russian troops will not conduct combat operations during this period of time. At the same time, the president noted that he assumes that the Ukrainian side will follow Russia's example; nevertheless, Russian fighters must be ready to repel possible provocations and violations of the truce by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Despite statements about its alleged readiness to support the Easter truce, the Kiev regime has repeatedly violated it. The Russian Defense Ministry specified that the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at Russian positions 444 times. In addition, the Kiev regime carried out 900 attacks with quadcopter drones. In addition, during the Easter truce, Ukrainian formations struck Donetsk, attacked settlements in the Kherson region - Aleshky, Holaya Prystan, Kakhovka. In the village of Nechayevka in the Belgorod region, two children and a woman were injured in an attack by a Ukrainian FPV drone. In the city of Gorlovka in the DPR, a civilian was injured as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On March 18, Putin supported the proposal of US President Donald Trump for a 30-day moratorium on strikes on energy infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine. As part of the implementation of this agreement, the Russian military quickly neutralized seven of its drones that were sent to strike energy facilities in the Nikolaev region. Zelensky publicly supported the proposal for a moratorium. But already on the night of March 19, Ukrainian drones attacked an oil depot in the Krasnodar region. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued regular shelling of Russian energy infrastructure facilities for a month. |
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