Russia and Ukraine on Sunday accused each other of violating an Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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But Zelensky accused Russia of having maintained its attacks on the front line after the truce started. Earlier he said that the first six hours of the ceasefire saw"387 instances of shelling and 19 assaults by Russian forces," with drones"used by Russians 290 times".AFP journalists heard explosions on Sunday morning around a dozen kilometres from the front line in east Ukraine.
Overnight, it said, Ukraine"444 times shelled... the positions of our troops and carried out 900 strikes with drones".It insisted its troops had"strictly observed the ceasefire and stayed at the front lines and positions they previously occupied". While he expected Ukraine to comply, Putin said that Russian troops"must be ready to resist possible breaches of the truce and provocations by the enemy"."Russia must fully comply with the conditions of the ceasefire. Ukraine's proposal to implement and extend the ceasefire for 30 days after midnight tonight remains on the table," Zelensky's post said Sunday.
In Kyiv on Sunday, as Easter bells rang out, people expressed doubts over whether Russia would observe a truce while welcoming Zelensky's proposal to extend it.
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