Overview
- Ukraine's drone commander said long-range drones struck an ammonia plant in Cherepovets in northern Russia, and the local mayor confirmed an attack on an industrial site about 900 kilometers from Ukraine.
- The 32-hour Orthodox Easter pause, which ran from late Saturday to Sunday night, brought quieter nights in many cities but saw both sides claim thousands of front-line violations that could not be independently verified.
- Shortly before the pause began, each side freed 175 prisoners, even as officials reported injuries to civilians and medical staff in Ukraine's Sumy region and in Russia's Kursk region during reported drone attacks.
- The Kremlin rejected any extension of the pause without Ukrainian concessions, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had publicly urged a longer halt to fire.
- Fighting has picked back up along several sectors, and Ukraine said its forces withdrew from the hamlet of Myropilske in the Sumy region under pressure from Russian incursions.