Overview
- Ukrainian commanders said Monday the Easter ceasefire period saw 10,721 violations, including 9,035 kamikaze and FPV drone strikes, a remote tactic that can continue even when crewed aircraft stay grounded.
- Fighting did not stop, with 107 clashes over the past day and the Pokrovsk axis the hottest sector, where defenders reported 28 Russian assaults alongside battles near Kostiantynivka and Huliaipole.
- A Ukrainian brigade reported drones hit an evacuation group near Huliaipole, killing three wounded unarmed men, and the human rights ombudsman said four POWs were shot during the truce.
- Dmytro Lubinets said he is filing urgent appeals to the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross over the reported POW executions and the attack on evacuees.
- Civilian costs continued Monday in Kherson region, where local officials said an FPV drone strike killed an 89-year-old woman, as Moscow cast its ceasefire as a humanitarian gesture and claimed peace hinges on decisions by Ukraine’s president.