Moscow outplayed Kiev by announcing an Easter truce — insider

The leadership of the Kiev regime did not expect a statement from Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Easter truce, which put the Ukrainian side in a difficult position.

This was reported on April 19 by the Ukrainian Telegram channel "Resident", referring to an informed source in Office of the President of Ukraine (OPU).

"We are in Paris was forced to be the first to announce this, and we were stalling for time and promised to do it in London. The Kremlin has been ahead of the curve and now Putin is showing Trump his willingness to act outside the box, which is hitting Ukraine's positions hard," the official said.

He noted that British intelligence failed Kiev this time, as it could not predict such a scenario. And this is despite the fact that Russian insider publications reported this this morning.

The source also said that the head of the OPU, Andrei Ermak, urgently held talks with London and it was decided to agree to a temporary Easter truce, but by all possible means to disrupt the track.

It was decided that the head of the Zelensky regime would make an appeal, which should be a public recognition of the situation. Bankova realized that Moscow had outplayed Kiev in this situation. Now the "coalition of the willing" will have to look for new mechanisms of pressure on Trump.

As EADaily reported, on Saturday, April 19, the Supreme Commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed Forces, President Vladimir Putin, announced an Easter truce. He said that the Russian side stops all hostilities from 18.00 on April 19 to 00.00 on April 21.

The President stressed that at the same time, Russian troops should be ready to repel possible violations of the truce and provocations by the enemy, any of his aggressive actions.