Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Sunday of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire in their four-year war, reporting more than a thousand drone and shelling attacks just hours after the truce began on Saturday to mark Orthodox Easter.The Russian defence ministry said it recorded 1,971 ceasefire violations overnight into Sunday, while Ukraine’s general staff reported 479 shelling attacks and more than 1,700 drone strikes by Russian troops. According to the calendar of the Orthodox faith dominant in both countries, Easter is celebrated this year on Sunday. A soldier from Ukraine’s 65th brigade fighting in Zaporizhzhia said Russian reconnaissance drones were still circling the area despite the ceasefire, blocking efforts to recover the bodies of fallen troops.“We wanted to evacuate our fallen comrades today, but (the Russians) are not letting us do so just yet,” the soldier, known by the call sign Spider, said.


