""We understand who we're dealing with. Ukraine will maintain the cease-fire and respond in kind," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote earlier on the same day on Telegram."
""It was a horror," a local resident told RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service after the strikes. "I heard something flying and falling. I didn't realize what happened. It was a split second. My daughter run into me shouting that the place was on fire.""
"According to Serhiy Lysak, head of the Odesa military administration, the attack damaged private and multistory residential buildings, a local dormitory, and a kindergarten."
"The Kremlin rejected an idea on April 11, saying it will stay short-term and describing it only as a humanitarian measure."
A 32-hour truce between Russia and Ukraine began on April 11, coinciding with Orthodox Easter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Ukraine's commitment to the cease-fire. The truce followed Russian drone strikes that resulted in casualties in Odesa. Local officials reported significant damage to residential buildings and a kindergarten. A prisoner exchange occurred just before the truce, with both sides exchanging 175 soldiers. Despite Ukraine's desire for a lasting cease-fire, the Kremlin dismissed this notion, labeling the truce as a temporary humanitarian measure.
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