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Zelensky says Russian attacks ongoing despite Putin's Easter truce

Paramedics help a freed Ukrainian prisoner exit an ambulance upon his arrival after a prisoner exchange at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on April 19, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [AFP]

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Russian forces were continuing their shelling and assaults along the front line despite Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing a surprise but brief Easter truce.

The 30-hour truce starting Saturday evening would be the most significant pause in the fighting throughout the three-year conflict.

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