Ukraine, Russia will cease fire for Orthodox Easter holidays
Moscow, April 11 -- Ukraine and Russia will cease fire for the Orthodox Easter holidays, the warring countries' leaders said on Thursday, announcing a rare 32-hour halt in fighting. The four-year war previously saw limited and short truces, but Moscow and Kyiv were quick to trade accusations of violations.
With talks on ending the four-year-old conflict derailed by the Middle East war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this week that he had made a holiday truce proposal through the United States.
In a statement late on Thursday, the Kremlin said that "a ceasefire is declared from 16:00 (13:00 GMT) on April 11 until the end of the day on April 12, 2026" by Russian President Vladimir Putin, "in connection with the approaching Orthodox feast of Easter"....
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