Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Easter Truce Rejected, Strikes Continue

0:00On April 3, Russia hit Ukraine with a massive missile and drone barrage near Kiev on Friday, killing one person and injuring eight in towns like Bukha, Fastiv, and Obukive. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky signaled openness to an Easter truce on April 12, passing the idea to Moscow through U.S. Channels, but the Kremlin wants a full peace deal, not just the pause. Ukraine's foreign minister called out the strikes as Moscow's brutal reply to the truce talk, while another death came in northern Sumy from a Russian bomb on an apartment block, injuring three more. On the flip side, Russia down 192 Ukrainian drones overnight, including four near Moscow, with no reported damage. Strikes kept flying both ways, with Ukrainian drones wounding folks in Russia's Leningrad and Belgorod regions, hitting an ammo plant and causing. Fires, as the back and forth shows no sign of slowing before Easter.