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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Luke Harding in Kyiv

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of violating Putin’s Easter ceasefire 2,000 times

A chaplain blesses Ukrainian soldiers sitting on a military vehicle on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region.
A chaplain blesses Ukrainian soldiers sitting on a military vehicle on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region. Photograph: Andriy Andriyenko/AP

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Vladimir Putin’s Easter ceasefire as a fake “PR” exercise and said Russian troops had continued their drone and artillery attacks across many parts of the frontline.

Citing a report from Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Zelenskyy said Russia was still using heavy weapons and since 10am on Sunday an increase in Russian shelling had been observed.

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