Dozens were pictured gathered outside the ruins of a damaged church in the village of Lukashivka in the northern ... religious ritual announces the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

LUKASHIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of Ukrainians gathered outside the ruins of a damaged church in northern Ukraine on Sunday to mark Easter, doubting a ceasefire with Russia is possible.

In the village of Lukashivka in the Chernihiv region, briefly occupied by Russian forces in 2022, parishioners of the damaged Ascension Church arrived early at a small makeshift wooden church ...