Ukraine, Russia will make deal this week: Trump

NEW YORK, Apr 21 (Reuters/AFP): US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he hopes Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week to end the conflict in Ukraine.

"BOTH WILL THEN START TO DO BIG BUSINESS WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH IS THRIVING, AND MAKE A FORTUNE!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Russia resumes air attacks

after Easter truce

Russia has resumed air attacks on eastern and southern Ukraine, regional Ukrainian officials said Monday, after Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of violating an Easter truce.

"The Russian army has launched drones at the region," Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Sergiy Lysak said on Telegram.

He said a home was damaged and a fire broke out at a food establishment but no injuries had been reported.

Vitaliy Kim, governor of Ukraine's southern Mykolaiv region, said that Russian air attacks had resumed there as well.

"On the morning of April 21, at about 4:57 am, the enemy attacked the city with missiles, the type is being determined.

There were no casualties or damage," he wrote.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday accused Russia of carrying out more than 2,000 violations of the Easter truce, but said there had been no air raid alerts across Ukraine and suggested extending a pause on aerial strikes.

There have been "no air raid alerts today", he said, proposing "to cease any strikes using long-range drones and missiles on civilian infrastructure for a period of at least 30 days."

Ukrainian army launches over

40 drones at Russia's region

The Ukrainian army launched 42 drones and 30 projectiles at Russia's borderline Belgorod Region in the past day, injuring four civilians, including three children, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.

"In the Belgorodsky District, six drones were launched at the villages of Vergilyovka, Golovino, Krasny Khutor, Nechayevka, Tavrovo, Ustinka and Chaiki; one of the drones was downed by air defenses. An FPV drone attack on Nechayevka left three people injured, including two minors and a woman. The minors - girls of 13 and 17 - were taken to the Regional Children's Clinical Hospital. <...>. Another child suffered injuries after a Kolokolchik mine exploded in the village of Tavrovo," the governor wrote on Telegram. According to him, a private house, a household building and two cars were damaged in the district. Attacks on the Graivoronsky District involved 13 projectiles and eight drones; a car was damaged. Six unmanned aerial vehicles were launched at the Valuisky District, damaging a social facility, a private house and a gas pipeline.