Ukraine reports 2,299 Easter ceasefire violations, including about 500 overnight

After 4:00 p.m. and until the end of April 11, Ukraine’s General Staff recorded 1,723 violations of the one-day ceasefire. These included 25 assault actions, 365 instances of shelling, 566 strikes by Lancet and Molniya loitering munitions, and 767 FPV drone attacks. No missile strikes, guided aerial bombs or Shahed drones were recorded.

By the morning of April 12, however, Russian forces had violated the ceasefire 2,299 times — an increase of more than 500 overnight. According to updated data, Russian troops carried out 58 airstrikes using 184 guided aerial bombs. Authorities also recorded 8,458 kamikaze drone attacks and 2,947 instances of shelling on settlements and Defense Forces positions, including 123 using multiple launch rocket systems.

Attacks on Ukrainian positions continued across nearly all sections of the front line.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its forces “strictly observed” the ceasefire and remained at their positions, while accusing Ukraine of 1,971 violations.

At about 3:30 p.m. on April 11 — half an hour before the ceasefire announced by Vladimir Putin — Russian forces struck a trolleybus with a drone in Kherson’s Korabelnyi district, seriously wounding the driver, who later died in hospital.

On April 9, Putin announced an “Easter ceasefire” in Ukraine from 4:00 p.m. on April 11 until the end of April 12.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was ready to respond symmetrically during the ceasefire and that Russia “has a chance not to resume strikes after Easter.”