Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire for Orthodox Easter, a truce that is set to run from Saturday at 4:00 pm to Sunday night, according to the Kremlin.
One person was killed and around fifteen people were injured in two separate attacks in central and eastern Ukraine, regional authorities announced on Friday night. This comes ahead of a ceasefire planned during the Orthodox Easter period.
In Poltava region (central Ukraine), one person was killed and another was injured when “a store and a café were damaged when an enemy drone crashed,” said Vitalii Diakivnych, head of the military administration in the region.
In the northeast of Ukraine, in the Sumy region bordering Russia, drone strikes on residential buildings injured 14 residents, including a 14-year-old boy and an 87-year-old woman who was hospitalized, announced Oleg Grygorov, head of the military administration in the region, also on Telegram.
Ceasefire for Orthodox Easter Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire for Orthodox Easter, a truce that is set to run from Saturday at 4:00 pm (13:00 GMT) to Sunday night, according to the Kremlin.
This brief ceasefire comes amidst a slowdown in diplomatic efforts led by the United States to end over four years of war. A similar truce was announced last year also for the Orthodox Easter, but both sides had accused each other of violating it on numerous occasions.
