Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces were continuing their shelling and assaults along the front line despite Putin announcing the surprise truce.
The Ukrainian air force did not report any drone launches or missile attacks overnight.
Russia’s defence ministry in turn said it had “repelled” attempted assaults by Ukraine and accused Kyiv of launching hundreds of drones and shells, causing civilian casualties.
A woman and two children were wounded by a drone attack in Russia’s Belgorod border region, the governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, said.
Zelensky said Ukraine saw hundreds of attacks and drone launches on Sunday.
The Russian defence ministry insisted its troops had “strictly observed the ceasefire”.
‘Fewer guys will die’
On Friday, Washington even threatened to withdraw from talks if no progress was made.
A drone unit commander said that Russia’s activity had “significantly decreased both in Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions”, the war-torn areas in the south and northeast where the unit is active.
“Fewer guys (soldiers) will die today.”
“Drones are flying, of course. Those are mostly reconnaissance drones, not strike ones.”
AFP journalists standing on a high vantage point in eastern Ukraine heard fewer explosions than usual and saw no smoke on the horizon.
Putin announced the truce from 6 pm (1500 GMT) Saturday to midnight Sunday (2100 GMT Sunday) in televised comments, saying it was motivated by “humanitarian reasons”.
Zelensky said Ukraine would follow suit, and proposed extending the truce 30 days beyond Sunday to “give peace a chance”.
Putin earlier rejected a proposed 30-day full and unconditional ceasefire.
‘Can’t trust Russia’
“They’ve already broken their promise. Unfortunately, we cannot trust Russia today,“ said 38-year-old Olga Grachova, who works in marketing.
But Natalia, a 41-year-old medic, said of Zelensky’s 30-day proposal: “Everything we offer, unfortunately, remains only our offers. Nobody responds to them.”
“We dreamt of course that peace would come by Easter. Let it come soon,“ said Svetlana, a 34-year-old housewife.
“All is not going well for us in Ukraine,“ she added: “People are dying, our guys are dying.”
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