The Russian defence ministry on Sunday accused Ukraine of “16,071 ceasefire violations” over a 24-hour period, including thousands of drone strikes. Since Russia’s invasion in 2022, the war in Ukraine has killed hundreds of thousands of people and spiralled into Europe’s deadliest since World War II.

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.

Russia and Ukraine yesterday traded accusations of violating a three-day US-brokered ceasefire but no major strikes were reported by the warring sites so

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.

By Guy Faulconbridge and Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW, May 8 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Friday of violating ceasefires that each has separately declared, as Moscow prepares to hold its annual World War Two victory parade under tight security.

Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, which covers the annual Russian Victory Day celebration marking the end of the Second World War.