Ukraine war latest: 'Easter truce' words from Putin have 'proven empty' - Zelenskyy; RAF intercepted Russian jets, UK confirms

'Russian drone struck just half a metre from my car': Civilian evacuation vehicle targeted during 'Easter truce' - reports Russian forces targeted a Ukrainian volunteer's vehicle while he was evacuating civilians in Russian-controlled Donetsk, according to reports. The Kyiv Independent reports that volunteer Yevhen Tkachov was evacuating civilians from the village of Zoria when they were targeted by three first-person-view (FPV) drones. "I turned on the emergency lights, got out of the car, and started waving my arms around to show that I was a civilian," he told Ukrainska Pravda. "Despite that, the drone struck just half a metre from my car. I motioned for the two cars behind me to go ahead, but I couldn't drive myself anymore because my car wouldn't start." In a statement this morning, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the number of FPV drones used by Russia has increased twofold during Vladimir Putin's proposed Easter ceasefire (see 11.09am post). We also brought you an update earlier this morning after several explosions were heard in Donetsk (see 9.34am post). The TASS state news agency, citing local "operative services", said at least three blasts were heard in the city, which has been under Russia's control since 2014.