A truce between Russia and Ukraine to mark the Orthodox Easter formally expired on Monday (April 13, 2026), both sides having accused each other of thousands of violations, despite a lull in Russian air raids.
The truce lasted 32 hours, from 4:00 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Saturday (April 11, 2026) until the end of the day on Sunday (April 12, 2026).
Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of Easter truce violations
Both sides had agreed to observe the ceasefire, which Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered on Thursday (April 9, 2026) and which Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed more than a week earlier.
But as with a similar agreement last year, only relative calm reigned along the 1,200-kilometre (745-mile) front line.
