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Ukraine war briefing: Easter truce falters as Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners

Warring sides exchange 175 prisoners as Ukraine accuses Russia of 469 ceasefire violations, and Moscow blames Kyiv for gas station attack. What we know on day 1,509 Russia and Ukraine on Saturday accused each other of violating a brief ceasefire in their four-year-old war, hours into the truce put in place to mark Orthodox Easter. Governors of two Russian border regions said Ukrainian drones had attacked targets in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, injuring five people. The general staff of Ukraine’s military said Russian forces had violated the terms of the 32-hour truce through assault actions, shelling and drone strikes. By late Saturday, Ukraine’s military said in a Facebook post that “469 ceasefire violations were recorded, namely: 22 enemy assault actions, 153 shelling attacks, 19 strikes by attack drones ... and 275 strikes by FPV drones.” In total, the Ukrainian military said Saturday had seen Russia carry out 57 airstrikes and drop 182 guided aerial bombs, along with deploying 3,928 drones and conducting 2,454 shelling attacks “on populated areas and positions of our troops”. In Russia’s Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, governor Alexander Khinshtein also accused Kyiv of

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‘Robots don’t bleed’: Ukraine sends machines into the battlefield in place of human soldiers | CNN

The scene is as old as warfare itself. Two soldiers, hands in the air, surrendering and carefully following the orders barked at them by the other side. Except in this case, there were no human captors in sight. Instead, the two Russians…

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‘Robots don’t bleed’: Ukraine sends machines into the battlefield in place of human soldiers | CNN

The scene is as old as warfare itself. Two soldiers, hands in the air, surrendering and carefully following the orders barked at them by the other side. Except in this case, there were no human captors in sight.…

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Moscow-born gunman dead after Kyiv shooting rampage leaves at least 6 dead, 14 wounded: Zelenskyy

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Ukraine launches terror investigation after a gunman killed 7 and took hostages in Kyiv supermarket | CNN

Seven people are dead and more than a dozen others were injured after a man opened fire on civilians in a street in Kyiv on Saturday before taking hostages in a supermarket, Ukrainian authorities said. Ukraine’s…

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Apr 16, 2026·CNNT2 · Outlet reportKEY MOMENT
Russia launches one of its largest drone attacks on Ukraine this year, killing 18 | CNN

Russia launched one of its largest barrages of drones and missiles on Ukraine this year, killing more than a dozen and wounding more than 100 people across the country, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday. At least 18…

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Apr 16, 2026·The GuardianT2 · Outlet reportKEY MOMENT
Russia pummels Ukraine with drone and missile strikes, killing at least 12

Missile and drone attacks on the port city of Odesa killed six people, with other fatalities recorded in Kyiv and Dnipro Russian strikes killed at least 12 people in Ukraine, local authorities have said, after Moscow…

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Zelenskyy announces 'the future is here' after war's first all-robot capture

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Ukraine war briefing: Easter truce falters as Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners

Warring sides exchange 175 prisoners as Ukraine accuses Russia of 469 ceasefire violations, and Moscow blames Kyiv for gas station attack. What we know on day 1,509 Russia and Ukraine on Saturday accused each other of…

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T2 · Outlet reportCNNApr 20, 2026

The scene is as old as warfare itself. Two soldiers, hands in the air, surrendering and carefully following the orders barked at them by the other side. Except in this case, there were no human captors in sight. Instead, the two Russians…

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T2 · Outlet reportFox NewsApr 18, 2026

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T2 · Outlet reportCNNApr 18, 2026

Seven people are dead and more than a dozen others were injured after a man opened fire on civilians in a street in Kyiv on Saturday before taking hostages in a supermarket, Ukrainian authorities said. Ukraine’s Attorney General Ruslan…

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T2 · Outlet reportCNNApr 16, 2026

Russia launched one of its largest barrages of drones and missiles on Ukraine this year, killing more than a dozen and wounding more than 100 people across the country, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday. At least 18 people, including a…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianApr 16, 2026

Missile and drone attacks on the port city of Odesa killed six people, with other fatalities recorded in Kyiv and Dnipro Russian strikes killed at least 12 people in Ukraine, local authorities have said, after Moscow pummelled its…

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