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News Wrap: Russia resumes fighting in Ukraine after 30-hour ‘Easter truce’

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🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, Russian President Putin says fighting has resumed in its war against Ukraine after a 30-hour Easter truce ended, U.S. airstrikes in Yemen's capital city killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 more and four House Democrats are in El Salvador to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whom the Trump administration acknowledges it deported there by mistake. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

In the day's other headlines, Russian President Vladimir Putin says fighting has resumed in its war against Ukraine after a 30-hour Easter truce ended.

0:09.6

Both sides accused the other of violating that ceasefire through the weekend.

0:13.8

In Kiev, amid Easter gatherings, residents expressed skepticism about the truce, which Putin unilaterally declared.

0:21.4

For his part, President Putin, who has been under pressure from the Trump administration

0:25.4

to show more willingness to make peace with Ukraine, indicated Moscow could be open to another

0:31.2

longer ceasefire.

0:35.7

As we have always said, we look positively to any peace initiatives.

0:40.1

We hope that the representatives of the Kiev regime will also feel the same way.

0:45.0

Overall, still, there has been a reduction in activity.

0:48.3

We welcome that, and we are ready to look at the future.

0:51.4

This all comes ahead of another round of talks on Wednesday in London

0:55.6

among U.S., Ukrainian, and European officials. In the Middle East, U.S. airstrikes overnight in Yemen's

1:02.0

capital city killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 more. It is the latest in a month-long campaign of strikes against Houthi rebels for their attacks on ships in the Red Sea and against Israel.

1:17.3

The Houthis, who are affiliated with Iran, say at least 200 people have been killed since U.S. strikes in Yemen intensified in mid-March.

1:25.4

The strikes occur against the backdrop of continuing U.S. talks with Iran over its nuclear

1:31.2

program.

1:32.1

The latest dialogue on Saturday made very good progress, according to the Trump administration.

1:38.0

Four House Democrats are in El Salvador to advocate for Kilmar Abrago-Garcia,

1:43.5

the Maryland man whom the Trump administration

1:45.5

acknowledges it deported there by mistake. Progressive caucus members Yassimun Ansari,

1:51.6

Maxine Dexter, Maxwell Frost, and Robert Garcia all urged El Salvador to let Abrago Garcia

1:57.8

return. Their trip was not taxpayer-funded.

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