Russia's Putin declares temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
CBSN
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary "Easter truce" in the three-year conflict in Ukraine that will last until midnight Sunday.
"On humanitarian grounds, today from 6 p.m. to midnight from Sunday to Monday, the Russian side announces an Easter truce," Putin said in a televised statement released by the Kremlin. The statement has been translated. "For this period, I order to stop all fighting. We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow our example. At the same time, our troops should be prepared to reflect possible violations of the truce and provocations by the enemy, any aggressive actions."
Putin first announced the ceasefire in a meeting with Chief of the General Staff Velary Gerasimov, the Kremlin Press Service said.
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