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Two Killed in Ukraine Despite Easter Ceasefire, Governor Says

April 13 (Reuters) – Two people were ⁠killed ⁠and one injured by ⁠Russian troops in Ukraine’s frontline eastern Donetsk ​region before the expiry of a ceasefire to mark Orthodox ‌Easter nL1N40V01U, a local ‌official said on Monday,

One person was killed in ⁠the ⁠city of Kramatorsk and one in Druzhkivka on Sunday, ​regional governor Vadym Filashkin said on the Telegram messaging app, without giving more details.

Both Russia and Ukraine have accused each ​other nL1N40V01U of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire from Saturday ⁠afternoon to ⁠midnight (2100 GMT) on ⁠Sunday.

Ukraine’s ​Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, citing a ​spokesperson of the ⁠14th Army Corps, said on Monday that during “the so-called ‘Easter ceasefire'” Russian servicemen also shot dead four Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Kharkiv region.

It did not ⁠give more details, adding that Russia was preparing a campaign ⁠to deny it.

There was no immediate comment from Russia and Reuters could not verify the information independently.

The General Staff of Ukraine’s military said on Monday it had compiled a total of 10,721 Russian violations over the course of the truce.

It said the violations included 1,567 artillery shelling incidents, 119 assault ⁠operations and 9,035 strikes by attack drones. It said no air strikes had been recorded.

The Russian defence ministry has said it recorded 1,971 ceasefire violations ​by Ukraine overnight into Sunday.

(Reporting by Anna ​Pruchnicka; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

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