Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of violating Orthodox Easter ceasefire

Russia and Ukraine on Saturday accused each other of violating a brief ceasefire in their four-year-old war hours into the truce put in place to mark Orthodox Easter.



Governors of two Russian border regions said Ukrainian drones had attacked targets in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, injuring five people.



The General Staff of Ukraine's military said Russian forces had violated the terms of the 32-hour truce 469 times, including assault actions, shelling and drone strikes.



The ceasefire, announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, went into effect at 4 p.m. Moscow time (1300 GMT). His Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said he would abide by it.