An ambulance damaged by a Russian drone strike on the Sumy region in northern Ukraine, April 12, 2026
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UPDATE 0855 GMT:
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Easter greeting:
Happy Easter, Ukraine! pic.twitter.com/rsZWa0drUq
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 12, 2026
A scene on the frontline:
Ukraine's 71st Air Assault Brigade spent Easter where they've spent every day this year: in dugouts, on field roads, within earshot of Russian artillery.
A priest blessed the paskas anyway. Holy water touched hands that hold weapons.
"Death walks beside us here," the brigade's… pic.twitter.com/Sfch2VivDP— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) April 12, 2026
ORIGINAL ENTRY: Ukraine’s military says Russia has violated an Easter ceasefire 469 times since it took effect at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
The General Staff said the violations included 22 “assault actions”, 153 instances of shelling, 19 kamikaze drone strikes, and 275 FPV drone strikes. It also cited 101 “combat clashes” along the frontlines.
In the Sumy region in northern Ukraine, three paramedics were injured in a Russian drone strike on their ambulance.
“The enemy cynically continues to attack civilian infrastructure. Be as cautious as possible,” the Sumy Oblast Military Administration said.
Russian authorities accused Ukraine of drone strikes on areas in the Kursk and Belgorod regions in western Russia, injuring five people.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky commented:
Easter should be a time of security and peace. It would be right for a ceasefire to continue beyond the holiday. We have conveyed this proposal to Russia, and if Russia once more chooses war over peace, it will yet again show the world, and the United States in particular, who… pic.twitter.com/fRMgD0rVN9
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 11, 2026
On Saturday, Ukraine and Russia exchanged 175 prisoners of war on each side. The Russians also released seven Ukrainian civilians.
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 11, 2026
