Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a 32-hour cease-fire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter period, ordering troops to halt operations...

Der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin hat nach Kremlangaben anlässlich des orthodoxen Osterfests eine Waffenruhe im Krieg gegen die Ukraine verkündet. Sie soll demnach am Samstag…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a 32-hour cease-fire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter period, ordering troops to halt operations...

Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin kündigt eine Waffenruhe zu den orthodoxen Ostertagen in der Ukraine an. Selenskyj signalisiert Zustimmung. Die Feuerpause soll vorübergehend die…

The ceasefire is in force from 1:00 p.m. GMT on April 11 until 9:00 p.m. GMT on April 12

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

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

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

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

The truce will be in effect from 4:00 p.m. Moscow time (1:00 p.m. GMT) on April 11 until the end of April 12

It will be in effect until the end of the day on April 12

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

However, Putin emphasized that military must stay alert for possible acts of provocation, Peskov noted