Ukraine will respond “blow for blow” to any violation of the truce, declared Volodymyr Zelensky, while the ceasefire is due to come into force on Saturday afternoon for the Orthodox Easter.
Russia and Ukraine exchanged 175 prisoners of war from each side. According to the Ukrainian president, these soldiers, some of whom are injured, fought on different fronts, such as Chernobyl, Mariupol or the Kursk oblast. Fourteen civilians were also exchanged.
A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at an oil depot in Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai. Other attacks also took place in Tver, where several oil depots were the target of Ukrainian attacks, according to the director of the Ukrainian center for combating disinformation.
Several people were killed by Russian attacks in Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Odessa and Poltava oblasts.
Ukraine said it was attacked by 160 Russian drones overnight from Friday to Saturday. On the Russian side, the Ministry of Defense says it has intercepted and destroyed 99 Ukrainian drones.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
