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Kremlin proposes 32-hour ceasefire starting on Saturday afternoon – with Ukraine expected to agree to plan

"People need Easter without threats," Zelensky says

Vladimir Putin announced the truce, which will last from Saturday afternoon on 11 April through Easter Sunday.

Vladimir Putin paints Easter pause in fighting as Russia’s idea, but Ukraine’s president made repeated offers. What we know on day 1,507

Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik noted that Vladimir Zelensky is interested in a longer ceasefire in order to try to change the balance of power on the battlefield

Russia and Ukraine have both said they will halt fighting for 32 hours during the Orthodox Easter weekend, a rare truce in the four-year-old war.

Vladimir Zelensky, after Putin’s announcement of an Easter truce, said Ukraine is ready to reciprocate the move

Peace between Russia and Ukraine "could be established today," if only Vladimir Zelensky made a decision to take the responsibility it requires, Dmitry Peskov noted

Mentre rallentano gli sforzi diplomatici americani per mettere fine alla guerra

Kremlin orders temporary truce from Saturday afternoon until Sunday, a 32-hour period during which Russia would stop fighting ‘in all directions’.

Kyiv says it will reciprocate the Kremlin-ordered truce from Saturday afternoon until the end of Sunday.

Warring sides exchange 175 prisoners as Ukraine accuses Russia of 469 ceasefire violations, and Moscow blames Kyiv for gas station attack.

Easter festivities are muted in Kharkiv as Ukrainians expect fighting to flare up again after a weekend truce.

A brief 32-hour lull in the war is shattered as Kyiv and Moscow trade accusations of drone strikes, artillery and tank fire.

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