Russia Resumes ‘Special Military Operation’ After 30-Hour Easter Truce Expires, Moscow Says

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy tells military to respond in kind to renewed Russian attacks.
Russia Resumes ‘Special Military Operation’ After 30-Hour Easter Truce Expires, Moscow Says
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
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Russian forces have resumed military operations against Ukraine following the expiration on April 21 of a 30-hour cease-fire, which Moscow unilaterally announced last weekend to mark the Easter holiday.

“With the expiry of the truce, the Russian Armed Forces continued the special military operation,” Moscow’s defense ministry stated, referring to its ongoing invasion of eastern Ukraine.