These are the key events on 1,151 or the Russian war in Ukraine.
This is where things are on Sunday, April 20:
Easter truce
- In a surprise movement, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, announced a unilateral Easter truce of 30 hours on Saturday. But the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zenskyy, insisted that the “assault operations” and the “artillery fire are ongoing”, adding that the country would comply with the truce.
- Zenskyy said Sunday that the Russian army was making a “claim” or a high Easter fire, continuing attempts at night to inflict firstline losses in Ukraine. He added that Ukraine’s proposal to extend the high fire with Russia for 30 days after Easter remains valid.
- Despite the truce, early on Sunday, the Ukrainian forces reported 59 cases of bombing and five assault attempts along the front line.