US committed to ceasefire after claims of Russia violating Easter truce

Belfast Telegraph - 21/04
The United States’ Department of State said on Sunday that America is committed to “a full and comprehensive ceasefire” between Ukraine and Russia.

Sunday’s statement noted encouraging discussions in the past week in Paris about peace prospects in Ukraine, which US Secretary of State Marco Rubio conveyed in a call to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

The American statement came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of creating a false appearance of honouring an Easter ceasefire.

He said Moscow continued to launch attacks overnight after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral temporary truce in Ukraine.

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“As of Easter morning, we can say that the Russian army is trying to create a general impression of a ceasefire, but in some places, it does not abandon individual attempts to advance and inflict losses on Ukraine,” Mr Zelensky said in a post on X.

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