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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced a surprise Easter truce in Ukraine, set to last until midnight on Sunday in what would be the most significant pause in the fighting throughout the three-year conflict.
The short-term order for Russia’s troops to halt all combat activity — which Ukraine has not said if it will match — comes after months of US President Donald Trump pushing both Moscow and Kyiv to agree a truce.
He has so far failed to extract any major concessions from the Kremlin.
“Today from 1800 (1500 GMT) to midnight Sunday (2100 GMT Sunday), the Russian side announces an Easter truce,” Putin said in televised comments during a meeting with the Russian chief of the general staff Valery Gerasimov.
