The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, President Vladimir Putin, announced an Easter truce. This was reported in the official telegram channel of the Kremlin.
During a meeting in the Kremlin with the head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, Putin heard a report on the situation on the line of contact and said that the Russian side stops all hostilities from 18.00 on April 19 to 00.00 on April 21.
"Guided by humanitarian considerations, today from 18 hours to zero hours from Sunday to Monday, the Russian side announces an Easter truce. I order you to stop all hostilities for this period. We proceed from the fact that the Ukrainian side will follow our example," Putin said.
The course of the truce will show the readiness of the Kiev regime for the desire and ability to resolve the issue peacefully, he added.
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.
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