New Delhi, April 20 -- Merely hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared an Easter ceasefire to stop bombing Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Russian strikes have not stopped in the border regions of Kursk and Belgorod. Ukraine said Russia violated its own Easter ceasefire and maintained its artillery fire and assaults on the frontline.

In a statement on social media, Zelensky said, "Kursk and Belgorod regions - Putin's Easter statements did not spread to this territory."

"Fighting continues, Russian strikes continue."

While the Russian Easter truce is meant to last until midnight on Sunday, April 20, air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv, indicating violence.

Ukrainian governor of southern Kherson region Oleksandr Prok...