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An air alert has been announced in Kyiv due to the approach of enemy UAVs from the northeast. Russian drones also threaten Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhia regions, explosions were heard in Kyiv.
Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that the Russian dictator did not give an order to extend the announced "Easter truce". It will end, as planned, on the night of April 21.
In Kyiv, from April 21 to 26, traffic will be partially restricted on Khreshchatyk in the direction from European Square. This is due to ongoing road surface repairs, and the restrictions will be in effect during night and day hours.
Russia staged a provocation in Donetsk with the aim of accusing Ukraine of violating the "Easter truce". In reality, however, the Kremlin itself does not adhere to it, having carried out hundreds of shellings and dozens of assaults in the first hours.
Next week in Ukraine will be warm with temperatures of +20+24°C, with only local rain on April 21. By the end of the week, during Provody [Memorial Days], a significant cooling is predicted to +10+16°C and an increase in precipitation.
American channel Fox News showed the Easter service from Moscow at night, calling Kyiv a Russian city, then corrected the caption. Zelenskyy stated that the media should pressure Moscow for a ceasefire, not broadcast services from there.
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry demanded that the Fox News channel apologize for labeling Kyiv as a Russian city during the broadcast of Patriarch Kirill. The channel showed this for approximately 20 minutes before correcting it to "Kyiv, Ukraine".
During the night broadcast, Fox News showed a service of the OCU from Kyiv, mistakenly indicating it as Russia. Later, the channel corrected the label to Kyiv, Ukraine.
On Easter night, April 20, in Ustyluh, Volyn, border guards met the Holy Fire. The shrine arrived from Warsaw and is heading further through Ukraine.
Ukrainians celebrate Easter in the conditions of war, services are held in the churches of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the UGCC. The National Police has strengthened security measures, and the authorities are calling for the restriction of mass events.
Law enforcement officers in Kyiv started intensified patrolling during the Easter days. Joint patrols of the police, National Guard, and others are working near churches and temples to ensure safety and prevent offenses.
The MFA of Ukraine responded to Putin's statement about a 30-hour "truce". Kyiv stated that it will look at actions, not words, and reminded of its agreement to a 30-day ceasefire at the suggestion of the USA, which the Russian Federation refused.
It was reported that the Minister of Defense of Ukraine supports Trump's peace plan by 90%. The Ministry of Defense refuted this statement, emphasizing that the agency does not make political decisions and cannot give percentage evaluations.
Uman police opened criminal proceedings over the beating of a soldier in the village of Yatranivka. All participants of the event have been identified, the investigation is ongoing under the article on hooliganism.
Near the Zhovten cinema in Kyiv, a scuffle occurred between police and protesters during the Sunny Bunny festival. The participants of the "for traditional values" action were young men in masks.
In Jerusalem, on April 19, the Holy Fire appeared in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
In Hydropark, a group of young men beat a serviceman. Kyiv police detained four attackers, aged 15-17, and a notice of suspicion for hooliganism is being prepared for them.
Bloomberg reports that the US may recognize Russian control over Crimea in a potential peace agreement. This proposal could freeze the front line, leaving most occupied territories to the Russian Federation, and remove the issue of Ukraine's NATO membership.
Iran has filed a lawsuit against Ukraine and other countries at the International Court of Justice over the UIA catastrophe. Tehran disputes the ICAO decision and states that the plane was shot down accidentally.
Kyiv police detained two 17-year-old teenagers who beat a serviceman in the hydropark. A group of young men provoked a conflict, knocked the man to the ground and beat him.
Dynamo winger Andriy Yarmolenko scored his 113th goal in the UPL for the club in the match against Obolon. This goal allowed him to equal Serhiy Rebrov in this indicator, becoming a co-record holder for Dynamo in the UPL.
The first Ukrainian LGTBQIA+ film festival in Kyiv caused criticism due to the overlap with Easter holidays. The organizers called it a coincidence, and the police recorded gatherings of negatively inclined youth near the cinema without violations.
In the Sumy region, a passenger train car caught fire while in motion, and passengers tried to extinguish it themselves. Rescuers extinguished the fire and found the body of a deceased railway worker; passengers were not injured.
Famous Ukrainian actor Taras Tsymbalyuk will be the new "Bachelor". He recently found himself in a scandal because of Russian music, and earlier starred in a video of the Leningrad group.
A fire broke out on the Sumy-Kyiv train near the Putivl station, as a result of which a railway worker died. The train continued to Kyiv without four cars, passengers were transferred.
A conscript in Kyiv provoked a fight with a military officer of the Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support, using a gas canister. The offender has been declared wanted for attacking and obstructing the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The SES will involve more than 6,000 rescuers and 2,500 pieces of equipment for Easter. 430 rescuers will be on duty in Kyiv; the number may be increased.
The meteorologist predicts warm weather for Easter, +20. ..+24 degrees, mostly without precipitation. However, colder weather and rain are expected next weekend.
Two dozen pink flamingos have moved closer to the greenery at the Kyiv Zoo. Conditions close to natural ones have been created for the birds, with lawns, beaches and nesting sites.
More than 240 fires occur in Ukraine every day, which take the lives of an average of four people, and five more are injured. About two thousand die in a year.