France 24 • April 12, 2026 07:41

Ukraine and Russia trade accusations of Orthodox Easter truce violations

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Ukraine and Russia accused each other on Sunday of thousands of violations of an Orthodox Easter truce, highlighting the fragility of a brief truce agreed upon by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the war grinds into its fifth year.

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