Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of breaching Easter truce
Russia and Ukraine on Sunday accused each other of violating an Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces were continuing their shelling and assaults along the front line despite Putin announcing the surprise truce.
The 30-hour truce starting Saturday evening to mark the religious holiday could be the most significant pause in the fighting throughout the three-year conflict.
The Ukrainian air force did not report any drone launches or missile attacks overnight.
But Zelensky accused Russia of having kept up its attacks on the front line after the truce started.
Russia's defence ministry in turn said it had "repelled" attempted assaults by Ukraine and accused Kyiv of launching hundreds of drones and shells, causing civilian casualties.
"Despite the announcement of the Easter truce, Ukrainian units at night made attempts to attack" Russia's positions in the Donetsk region, the ministry added.
A woman and two children were wounded by a drone attack in Russia's Belgorod border region, the governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, said.
The Russian-appointed mayor of Gorlovka in the occupied part of the Donetsk region, Ivan Prikhodko, said two civilians had been wounded without giving details.
Zelensky said Ukraine saw hundreds of attacks and drone launches on Sunday.
"The Ukrainian army is acting and will continue to act in an absolutely mirror image" of Russia, Zelensky said.
The Russian defence ministry insisted its troops had "strictly observed the ceasefire".
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine in February 2022 and now occupies around 20 percent of the country.
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