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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, a local ‌official said ‌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 ​of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire from Saturday afternoon to midnight on Sunday. Ukraine’s Co-ordination Headquarters ‌for the Treatment of Prisoners ​of War, citing a spokesperson ​of the 14th Army Corps, said 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 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. 

One person was killed and six others were injured in the past 24 hours as a result of a Russian attack on Ukraine’s Donetsk region.The Ukrainian News Agency (Ukrinform) reported that a girl was injured in the town of Kramatorsk when a Russian drone crashed into a residential building.Since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, Russia and Ukraine have continued to exchange claims of repelling each other’s attacks, though these reports have not been independently verified due to the ongoing conflict.

Russia's Defense Ministry said Sunday that its forces had taken control of two additional towns in eastern Ukraine, continuing a recent push in the region.In a statement, the ministry said Russian troops had seized the towns of Chonishchyne in Donetsk and Poltavka in Zaporizhzhia.It added that Ukrainian forces suffered losses of more than 485 personnel, along with a tank, an armored fighting vehicle, six cars, and an artillery piece during operations in those areas.Russia has reported steady advances in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks, controlling over several towns it described as "strategic." Ukrainian officials have not denied the territorial losses but continue to call for increased Western support to halt Russia's progress.