'Easter truce' in Russia's Ukraine war marked by accusations of violations

Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of breaching an "Easter truce" announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine said was being violated from the moment it started. In a surprise announcement on Saturday, Putin ordered his forces to "stop all military activity" along the front line in the war against Ukraine, citing humanitarian reasons. The 30-hour cessation of hostilities would have been the most significant pause in the fighting throughout the three-year conflict. But just hours after the order was meant to have come into effect, air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv and several other Ukrainian regions, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accusing Russia of having maintained its attacks and engaging in a PR stunt. Russia's Ministry of Defence also alleged on Sunday that Ukraine had broken the truce more than 1,000 times.