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Ministry of Defense recorded 4,900 cases of ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
2025-04-21
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[RIA] Despite the Easter truce, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued to fire artillery and strike with UAVs at troop positions and civilian objects, the Defense Ministry reported.

The main points from the military department's report:

All groups of Russian troops in the SVO zone strictly observed the ceasefire from 18:00 on April 19 to 00:00 on April 21.

️ Ukrainian military continued to carry out strikes, and 4,900 ceasefire violations were recorded.

️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted six attacks in the DPR and Kursk region, but the Russian military repelled them.

️ During the ceasefire, Ukrainian troops used 90 drones, eight of them outside the SVO zone, all of them were shot down.

️ A total of 1,404 artillery, MLRS and mortar attacks were carried out, as well as 3,316 quadcopter strikes were carried out on Russian troop positions.

️A total of 19 shelling attacks, 49 FPV drone strikes and 16 UAV munition drops were carried out in the border areas of the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions.

️ In general, during the daytime, the intensity of fire and combat operations by the enemy along the entire front line was significantly reduced.
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With the end of the ceasefire, the Russian Armed Forces continued to conduct a special military operation.

On Saturday, President Vladimir Putin declared an Easter truce. It came into effect at 18:00 Moscow time and lasted until 00:00 Moscow time on April 21. As the president emphasized, he assumes that Kiev will follow Moscow's example. At the same time, Russian troops must be prepared to repel possible violations of the ceasefire and provocations by the enemy, the head of state said.

At the same time, the day before, Ukrainian troops continued to strike Russian cities, despite the ceasefire.

Posted by:badanov

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