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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Luke Harding in Kyiv and agencies

Air raid alerts in Ukraine after Putin’s Easter ‘ceasefire’ ends

A chaplain of the 115th brigade gives a blessing to military personnel during Easter celebrations in Lyman, Ukraine.
A chaplain of the 115th brigade gives a blessing to military personnel during Easter celebrations in Lyman, Ukraine. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Ukraine issued air raid alerts for Kyiv and the country’s eastern half as blasts shook the city of Mykolaiv early on Monday, authorities said, hours after the one-day Easter “ceasefire” declared by Vladimir Putin came to an end.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the Russian president’s unilateral Easter ceasefire declaration as a fake “PR” exercise and said Russian troops had continued their drone and artillery attacks across many parts of the frontline on Sunday.

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