Russia strikes Kherson trolleybus 30 minutes before Putin’s Easter ceasefire
Doctors are fighting to save the life of the injured trolleybus driver. (Photo: Oleksandr Prokudin via Telegram)
A Russian drone struck a trolleybus in Kherson at about 3:30
p.m. on April 11 — just 30 minutes before the Easter ceasefire declared by
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was set to begin — leaving the driver
critically wounded, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said after publishing photos
from the scene.
“An ambulance took the driver to the hospital in extremely
critical condition. At this moment, doctors are fighting for his life,”
Prokudin said.
Putin announced on April 9 an “Easter ceasefire” in Ukraine
from 4 p.m. on April 11 until the end of April 12.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded by saying Ukraine was ready to
mirror a ceasefire and that Russia “has a chance not to return to strikes after
Easter.”
On April 10, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia
would not extend the so-called Easter ceasefire.
Ukraine’s General Staff said on April 11 that the Defense
Forces would observe a ceasefire on land, at sea and in the air during the
Easter holiday. But if Russian forces prepare assaults or other aggressive
actions, Ukrainian troops will retain the right to open fire.
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