Ukraine stories many Russian drone assaults after truce ends

Ukraine’s army has reported Russian drone assaults on a number of areas in a single day, simply hours after the tip of a 30-hour “Easter truce” declared by Moscow.

Ukraine’s air drive issued raid alerts for the Kyiv area, in addition to Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia.

Within the southern metropolis of Mykolaiv, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych stated “explosions have been heard”. It was not instantly clear whether or not there have been any casualties.

Russia’s army has not commented on the reported assaults. The truce declared by President Vladimir Putin expired at midnight Sunday Moscow time (21:00 GMT). Either side accused one another of violating the ceasefire.

The BBC has not independently verified the claims by Kyiv and Moscow.

US President Donald Trump – who has been pushing for an finish to the warfare – stated late on Sunday that “hopefully Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week”. He gave no additional particulars.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, and at the moment controls about 20% Ukraine’s territory, together with the southern Crimea peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.

It’s estimated that a whole bunch of 1000’s of individuals – the overwhelming majority of them troopers – have been killed or injured on all sides since 2022.

Final month, Moscow got here up with an extended checklist of situations in response to a full and unconditional ceasefire that had been agreed by the US and Ukraine.