Zelenskyy Easter Message: ‘Evil may have its hour, but God will have his day’: Zelenskyy’s Easter message after accusing Russia of ceasefire violations

File picture: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote a message of unity and religion on the event of Easter Sunday, as he accused Russian forces of breaching a brief ceasefire, earlier declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Evil may have its hour, but God will have His day,” Zelenskyy posted on X. In the publish, he invoked the struggling and resurrection of Christ to encourage hope for peace and victory. “May evil’s hour end. May the day of life arrive. The day of peace. The day of Ukraine. The day that lasts for centuries,” he wrote.

“Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!”, he additional wrote.
His message got here as each side accused one another of violating the 30-hour ceasefire introduced by Moscow from Saturday, 6:00 pm to Sunday midnight. Despite the declaration, Zelenskyy stated Russian troops continued shelling and launched assaults alongside the entrance.
In a separate publish, Zelenskyy wrote that Ukraine recorded no less than 387 shelling incidents and 19 assaults from Saturday night till midnight. On Easter morning, one other 59 shelling circumstances and 5 Russian assaults had been logged throughout the Donetsk, Starobilsk, and Zaporizhzhia sectors. Dozens of FPV drone strikes had been additionally reported.

“In some areas, Russia is still continuing isolated attempts to advance and inflict losses on Ukraine,” Zelenskyy wrote on Sunday, citing a frontline report from Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi.
Zelenskyy reiterated that Ukraine had proposed a 30-day ceasefire extension, which “remains on the table.” He pressured that Kyiv would proceed to behave primarily based on “the actual situation on the ground.” The Ukrainian President additionally warned in opposition to trusting Moscow’s ceasefire guarantees, noting Russia’s earlier rejection of Kyiv’s supply for a full, unconditional truce.
Putin had attended an Easter service in Moscow simply hours after saying the ceasefire. However, there have been no particulars from the Kremlin on how it could be enforced or monitored, and Russian officers in occupied Kherson accused Ukraine of violating the truce.
Soldiers and civilians on each side remained sceptical. AFP quoted Ukrainian frontline troopers who doubted the sincerity of Moscow’s truce, whereas some Russian civilians felt there was no want for restraint.
Despite the clashes, Easter Sunday noticed a uncommon alternate of prisoners of warfare. As per AFP, 246 troopers had been swapped on either side in a UAE-mediated deal, bringing the full quantity of returned Ukrainian POWs to 4,552.
In his handle, Zelenskyy underlined Ukraine’s ongoing battle for peace and freedom, saying, “We are united in this… We fight for Ukraine together. And we pray for Ukraine together.”