Russia won’t prolong a truce with Ukraine over Orthodox Easter until Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accepts its phrases, the Kremlin mentioned in an interview aired Sunday.
“Sustainable peace can come when we secure our interests and achieve the goals we set from the very start. This can be done literally today. But Zelensky must accept these well-known solutions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned, based on Russian information businesses.
“Until Zelensky musters the courage to assume this responsibility, the special military operation will continue after the truce expires,” Peskov added, referring to the conflict in Ukraine.
Earlier Sunday, Ukraine and Russia accused one another of violating the truce in place for Orthodox Easter 1000’s of occasions, because the conflict dragged on into its fifth 12 months.
Both sides had agreed to look at the halt to hostilities for the non secular vacation, after Putin agreed on Thursday to a proposal made by Zelensky greater than every week earlier than.
“As of 7am on 12 April, 2,299 ceasefire violations were recorded. Specifically: 28 enemy assault actions, 479 enemy shellings, 747 strikes by attack drones … and 1,045 strikes by FPV drones,” the Ukrainian navy’s basic employees mentioned in a put up on Facebook.
“There were no missile strikes, guided aerial bomb strikes, or Shahed-type UAV strikes,” it added.
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In flip, Russia’s defence ministry accused Kyiv of almost 2,000 breaches of its personal.
“A total of 1,971 ceasefire violations by units of the Ukrainian armed forces were recorded between 4:00 pm Moscow time on April 12 and 8:00 am on April 12,” the ministry mentioned, as reported by the TASS information company.
The truce had been on account of final for 32 hours, from 4:00 pm (1300 GMT) on Saturday till the tip of the day on Sunday, based on the Kremlin.
(FRANCE with AFP)
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