Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to cease all military activity until midnight Sunday — but cautioned that Russia would not hesitate to respond to attacks by Ukraine over the course of the proposed Easter truce.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused US special envoy Steve Witkoff of "disseminating Russian narratives" after he appeared to suggest that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine hinged on the status of five Ukrainian regions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticized remarks from President Donald Trump, who called a deadly Russian ballistic missile attack on the major Ukrainian city of Sumy a "mistake." Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday that Russia launched two ballistic missiles at the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy as residents attended church services marking Palm Sunday,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Steve Witkoff, Trump's envoy for the Middle East, is spreading Russian narratives through his statements about potentially including Ukrainian territories in a "peace agreement".

A Russian missile attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv killed one man inside his home and wounded at least 112 others, including nine children, on Friday, officials said.

Among the adult patients, two are in serious condition, while others received on-site or outpatient medical care.