
Kyiv is proposing a 30-day ceasefire on long-range drone and missile strikes against civilian infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 20.
Zelensky’s proposal falls on Easter Sunday, amid a so-called “Easter truce” …
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Kyiv is proposing a 30-day ceasefire on long-range drone and missile strikes against civilian infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 20.
Zelensky’s proposal falls on Easter Sunday, amid a so-called “Easter truce” …
Both corps formations received Crimean military unit designations.

The United States aims to secure “a full and comprehensive ceasefire” in Ukraine beyond a temporary Easter truce, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on April 20 in a statement emailed to Reuters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina won her first title in nearly two years on April 20 at the WTA 250 Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole.
Svitolina, a celebrated Ukrainian athlete originally from Odesa, was chosen as one of the Ukraine’s two …

Key developments on April 19-20:

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given no orders to extend the so-called “Easter truce” beyond midnight on April 21, Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the Russian state news agency TASS.
Moscow’s temporary ceasefire …

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of a temporary ceasefire on the Easter holiday amount to little more than “a media stunt,” Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on April 20.
Putin announced on April 19 that an …

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an Easter ceasefire starting on April 19, claiming that it would “test Ukraine’s sincerity in pursuing peace talks,” but across the front line, Ukrainian soldiers tell the Kyiv Independent …

Australia will continue to petition Russia for the release of Oscar Jenkins, an Australian citizen captured while fighting on the side of Ukraine, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on April 19.
“We’ll continue to make …
The "Easter ceasefire," as Ukrainian analyst Oleksandr Kovalenko suggests, aims to maintain Washington's favorable stance while preparing for renewed offensives. Despite Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing this ceasefire, Russian forces have …
In a worrying escalation, Russian military forces are reportedly ignoring a recently declared Easter ceasefire and continue their assaults on Ukrainian positions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, April 20, in a Telegram message. …

Russian forces during the so-called Easter ceasefire targeted a Ukrainian volunteer’s vehicle with three (first person-view) FPV drones while he was evacuating civilians in Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainska Pravda reported on April 20.
Volunteer Yevhen …
On the Kursk direction, Russian forces advanced on the northern outskirts of Hornal and attempted to advance near Oleshnia.
On the Belgorod direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked near Popovka and Demidovka.
On the Kharkiv direction, Russian …

Ukraine brought home another 277 soldiers in a major prisoner exchange with Russia ahead of the Easter holiday on April 19.

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has called out Fox News for labeling Kyiv a “Russian city” during its news broadcast.
During its coverage of Easter services on April 20, Fox News aired footage of religious services from around the world, …

Multiple Russian ceasefire violations across the front line have been reported since an Easter truce was declared by the Kremlin, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on April 20.
Russia’s Easter ceasefire was supposed to come into effect at 6 …

Families of senior officers in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet have left Crimea in recent weeks, the Ukrainian partisan group Atesh reported on April 20.
The group claimed that an internal directive was issued by Russian authorities in early April, mandating …

Mercenaries who fought for Wagner Group in Ukraine are among those at the top of the list of requests from the Kremlin in prisoner swaps, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said on April 20.
Speaking on national television, HUR spokesperson …

At least three people were killed and nine others injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day, according to local authorities.
Russian forces shelled settlements in Donetsk Oblast 18 times over the past day, according to Governor …
Another unit of the Air Assault Forces rearms to Stryker vehicles.