Russia resumes attacks on Ukraine after Easter truce
The Hindu
Renewed strikes in Ukraine shatter hopes for ceasefire, as Russia launches aerial attacks post-Easter truce.
Russia launched a wave of aerial attacks on Ukraine Monday (April 21, 2025) in an abrupt end to a fragile 30-hour Easter truce between the two sides.
The renewed strikes, confirmed by both Moscow and Kyiv, cast doubt on Donald Trump's hopes for a broader ceasefire between the two sides, hours after the US President said he hoped a "deal" could be struck this week.
"With the end of the ceasefire, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to conduct the special military operation," the Russian army said in a statement, using its term for the military offensive.
Each side had in any case accused the other of thousands of violations of the ceasefire, announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.
Just hours after the truce ended at midnight local time (2100 GMT) Sunday, Ukrainian officials reported renewed drone and missile strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.
Sergiy Lysak, the governor of Dnipropetrovsk, said Russia had "launched drones" at the eastern region.
One home was damaged and a fire broke out at a food establishment, but no injuries had been reported, he said on Telegram.
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