Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky hits out at Moscow’s ‘Easter escalation’ as strikes kill at least five people
Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of an “Easter escalation” after at least five people were killed in strikes.
Officials said two people died after residential and civilian infrastructure in central Zhytomyr and Kyiv regions was attacked on Friday. The governor of the eastern Donetsk region also said a Russian bomb strike killed three people in Kramatorsk.
The Ukrainian president had proposed a halt in strikes for Easter, telling Russia it would reciprocate if it stopped attacks on the energy sector.
In a post on social media, Zelensky said: “Not a single hour of peace for our people, and this is Russia’s response to our proposal for an Easter ceasefire. Essentially, the Russians have only intensified their strikes, turning what should have been silence in the skies into an Easter escalation.”
It follows earlier comments from Zelensky that Vladimir Putin’s advances have stalled, and the frontline situation for Ukraine was the best it has been in 10 months.
“The offensive they were planning for March was thwarted by the actions of our armed forces. That is why the Russians will now simply step up their assault operations,” he said.
