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Orthodox Easter Ceasefire Frays as Ukraine and Russia Report Thousands of Breaches

Mass drone use shows the pause could not restrain current frontline tactics.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s General Staff, which updated figures Sunday morning, reported 2,299 ceasefire breaches since the 4 p.m. Saturday start with most involving first‑person‑view attack drones guided by operators, loitering munitions, shelling, and local assaults.
  • Russia’s Defence Ministry said it logged 1,971 Ukrainian violations over the same window and cited drone strikes and artillery fire in the border regions of Kursk and Belgorod.
  • OSINT group DeepState published videos alleging Russian FPV drones killed a wounded Ukrainian evacuation team near Huliaipilske and that four captured Ukrainian soldiers were executed near Veterinarne during the pause.
  • Overnight before the truce, Russian drone attacks on Odesa killed at least two people and damaged homes and a kindergarten, and a separate strike on an ambulance in Sumy later injured three medics.
  • Both sides highlighted the lack of missile, Shahed long‑range drone, or guided‑bomb strikes during the truce, yet major wires from AP, AFP, and Reuters described a familiar holiday pattern of limited lulls and no movement toward broader talks.