Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a 32-hour ceasefire over a two-day period for Orthodox Easter and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv would abide by the measure. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

“Putin has instructed the Russian military to remain on high alert in case of provocations,” Peskov said. Putin announced the temporary Orthodox Easter ceasefire on April 9. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whose previous ceasefire proposals were turned down by Moscow, agreed to the truce.

UN, April 21. /TASS/. Russia recorded at least 6,500 violations of the Easter truce with Ukraine over the 32 hours it was in effect, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said. "We cannot ignore the accusations against us ...

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