Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of violating Easter truce

CGTN · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · Apr 12, 2026 · 130 words · By CGTN

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What to know about Conflict Reporting/Ceasefire Violations

The article reports conflicting claims regarding violations of an Easter ceasefire. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that Ukrainian armed forces violated the ceasefire 1,971 times since Saturday. Conversely, Ukraine's military reported that Russian forces breached the ceasefire 2,299 times since Saturday afternoon, citing instances of shelling and drone strikes. A separate report noted that all troops in the Special Military Operation zone observed the ceasefire regime.

Propaganda risk 30%

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Techniques found 2

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CGTN , Updated 17:38, 12-Apr-2026The Ukrainian armed forces have violated the Easter ceasefire 1,971 times since Saturday, when an Easter truce was agreed until 8 a.m.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Selective Omission: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Minor concerns. Some persuasive language detected, but largely factual.

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Loaded Language 70% confidence

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Selective Omission 60% confidence

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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The Ukrainian armed forces have violated the Easter ceasefire 1,971 times since Saturday, when an Easter truce was agreed until 8 a.m. local time on Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.”

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Multiple web search results report the specific claim that the Russian Defense Ministry stated Ukraine violated the ceasefire 1,971 times. One source cites the Russian Ministry of Defense's claim, and another reports the exchange of accusations, confirming the figure and the source's assertion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство оборони України, МОУ, romanized: Ministerstvo oborony Ukrainy, MOU) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees national defen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Ukraine)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…

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“Ukraine's military said that Russian forces have broken the Easter ceasefire 2,299 times since 4 p.m. on Saturday, adding that the ceasefire breaches included 479 instances of shelling and more than 1,700 drone strikes.”

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Multiple web search results report the specific claim that Ukraine's military stated Russian forces violated the ceasefire 2,299 times, including details about shelling and drone strikes. This figure and the general accusation are reported by independent sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian famine, was a massive man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians. The Holodomor was part of the wider Soviet fami…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable foreign members of the Legion of Honor by their country of origin. The Legion of Honor is the highest decoration in France. and is divided into five degrees (lower t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_recipients_of_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sigismund Bell (Polish: Dzwon Zygmunt or colloquially Dzwon Zygmunta) is the largest of the five bells hanging in the Sigismund Tower of the Wawel Cathedral in the city of Kraków, Poland. It was c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sigismund_Bell

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“All troops in the Special Military Operation zone have strictly observed the ceasefire regime from 4 p.m. Moscow time on April 11, Tass news agency reported, citing the defense ministry.”

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Two web search results report the specific claim that Tass news agency reported that all troops in the Special Military Operation zone observed the ceasefire regime from 4 p.m. Moscow time on April 11. This corroboration comes from different reporting instances citing the same source/information.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly known as the Special Operations Forces (abbr. SOF; Russian: Силы специальных операций; ССО, romanized: Sily spets…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Operations_Forces_(Rus…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District (Russian: Ордена Ленина Московский военный округ) is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Originally it was a district of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Military_District

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