Russia and Ukraine Accuse Each Other of Violating One-Day Easter Cease-Fire

On April 18, Trump and Rubio said the United States will walk away from peace negotiations unless there are definitive signs of progress soon.

A ruined city center in Kostyantynivka, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 19, 2025. Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP

Russia and Ukraine exchanged accusations on April 20 of breaking a one-day Easter cease-fire proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with each side accusing the other of implementing hundreds of attacks.

Putin, who triggered the war after sending thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, ordered his forces on April 19 to “stop all military activity” along the front line from 6 p.m. Moscow time until midnight on April 20.