The Ukraine military reported Russian drone attacks in various regions overnight, a few hours after the end of a 30 -hour Easter truce declared by Moscow.
Ukraine’s air force issued Raid alerts for the Kiev region, as well as Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia.
In the southern city of Mykolaiv, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych said « explosions were heard. » It was not immediately clear if there were any victims.
The Russian military has not commented on the reports reported. The truce declared by President Vladimir Putin expired Midnight Sunday Sunday Moscow (21:00 GMT). The two parts accused each other of violating the cessation of fire.
In the early hours of Monday, residents of several Ukrainian cities, including the Kyiv capital, were urged by local authorities to immediately go to nearby refuges due to the threat of Drone’s strikes.
The BBC has not verified the claims of Kyiv and Moscow.
United States President Donald Trump, who has been pressing to end the war, said on Sunday that « we hope that Russia and Ukraine will agree this week. » Did not give more details.
Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 and currently controls about 20% of the Ukraine territory, including the South Crimea peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.
It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people, the vast majority of soldiers, have been killed or injured on all sides from 2022.
Last month, Moscow presented a long list of conditions in response to a complete and unconditional fire cessation that had been agreed by the United States and Ukraine.
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