Recap – “20 Minutes” provides updates every evening on the conflict in Ukraine. This Friday, the 1,507th day of the conflict, Ukraine has committed to respecting the Easter ceasefire described by Vladimir Putin
Have you missed the latest events on the war in Ukraine? “20 Minutes” updates you every evening. Here is the essential of this Friday, April 10, 2026, on the 1,507th day of the conflict.
The highlight of the day
Three people, two in Ukraine and one in Russia, lost their lives in strikes on Friday. But this weekend, on the occasion of Orthodox Easter, weapons should briefly fall silent. It was Vladimir Putin who first announced the long-awaited total ceasefire demanded by Kiev. It will start on Saturday at 3 pm and end on Sunday evening. Volodymyr Zelensky shortly after indicated that his country was ready to respect this rare pause in hostilities.
The ceasefire could allow “to evacuate the bodies of the dead or even the wounded, which has become almost impossible due to drones,” analyzes “Rybar,” a pro-Kremlin blogger, cited by AFP.
Quote of the day
We have shown some countries how to work with interceptors [of drones]. Have we destroyed them? Yes. Did we do it in one country? No, in several.
Volodymyr Zelensky claims that Ukrainian units sent for their expertise to several countries in the Gulf have proven themselves and shot down Iranian drones.
The number
19 years. The heavy sentence imposed on former Russian Deputy Minister of Defense, Pavel Popov. Accused of corruption, he was arrested in August 2024 during a wave of arrests, resembling a purge, in the upper hierarchy (…)
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