Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin bombards Ukraine with huge air raid moments after Easter truce expires
Half of Ukraine faced air raid sirens early on Monday morning as Russia bombarded the country with aerial attacks.
The attacks began moments after the end of a 30-hour Easter truce, unilaterally declared by Vladimir Putin at the start of the weekend.
Blasts shook the eastern city of Mykolaiv and air raid alerts were sounded in Kyiv, city officials said on Monday.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that in reality Russia continued its strikes throughout the so-called truce, attacking the country a total of 2,935 times, with the most shelling occurring around Pokrovsk.
Russia’s defence ministry responded that Ukraine was not adhering to the ceasefire and continued hundreds of shelling at Russian targets.
Meanwhile, US president Donald Trump, who has been pushing for a long-term ceasefire, said he is hopeful Russia and Ukraine can come to a deal to end the war this week.
“Both will then start to do big business with the United States of America, which is thriving, and make a fortune!” he said.
