KYIV/MOSCOW >> Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Sunday of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire in their four-year war, reporting more than a thousand drone and shelling attacks just hours after the truce began on Saturday to mark Orthodox Easter. The Russian defense ministry said it recorded 1,971 ceasefire violations overnight into Sunday.

Russia and Ukraine accused each other of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Sunday, with both sides reporting casualties from drone and artillery strikes carried out in the last 24 hours.

They accused each other of violating a truce in place for Orthodox Easter thousands of times. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire over the Orthodox Easter weekend, ordering Russian forces to halt hostilities from 4 p.m. on Saturday until the end of Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to abide by the ceasefire but warned of a swift military response to any violations.

Ukraine and Russia have been at war for over four years following Russia’s full-scale invasion of the U.S. ally, which has had strained relations with the Trump administration.