Russian President Putin announces temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
The Hindu
Russian President Putin declares temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, urging both sides to halt military actions for 24 hours.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Saturday (April 19, 2025).
According to the Kremlin, the ceasefire will last from 6 p.m. Moscow time (3 p.m. GMT) on Saturday (April 19, 2025) to midnight (9 p.m. GMT) following Easter Sunday (April 20, 2025).
“Guided by humanitarian considerations, today from 18:00 (6 p.m.) 00:00 (12 a.m.) from Sunday to Monday, the Russian side declares an Easter truce. I order that all military actions be stopped for this period,” Mr. Putin said at a meeting with Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, the Kremlin’s Press Service quoted him as saying.
“We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow our example. At the same time, our troops must be ready to repel possible violations of the truce and provocations from the enemy, any of its aggressive actions,” Mr. Putin said.
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