Ceasefire: huge violation tally

Ukraine’s military said Russia broke the Orthodox Easter ceasefire 10,721 times during the 32-hour pause that Moscow announced for April 11-12. (usnews.com) Ukraine’s General Staff said the alleged breaches included 1,567 artillery attacks, 119 ground assaults and 9,035 drone strikes, with no airstrikes recorded in that window. (usnews.com) Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces observed the truce from 4 p.m. Moscow time on April 11 until midnight on April 12 and counted 6,558 Ukrainian violations over the same period. (tass.com) The ceasefire was billed by the Kremlin as an Orthodox Easter pause, and President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would mirror it if Russia actually stopped firing. (nbcnews.com) By early April 12, both sides were already accusing each other of breaking the truce, with Ukraine reporting 2,299 Russian violations by 7 a.m. and Russia reporting 1,971 Ukrainian violations overnight into Sunday. (euronews.com, tass.com) The exchange fit a pattern from earlier holiday truces in the war, when short pauses were announced without a monitoring mechanism, an agreed line of contact procedure or an independent body to verify claims. (tass.com, cbsnews.com) Reuters reported that at least one person was killed in Ukraine despite the ceasefire, and regional officials in Sumy said three medics were injured in a Russian drone strike. (usnews.com, upi.com) When the truce expired, Russia said its troops resumed what it calls the “special military operation,” and Ukraine’s battlefield updates said fighting along the front had continued through the supposed pause. (tass.com, newsukraine.rbc.ua)