Moscow:
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an Easter Trus in a struggle in Ukraine on Saturday and lasted from this evening to midnight on Sunday.
Russia proposes to a short -term ceasefire as President Donald Trump is pressurizing both Moscow and Kiev to agree on a truss, but failed to extract any major concessions from the Kremlin.
Putin met the Russian Chief of Staff Valry Garasimov, saying, “Today from 1800 (1500 GMT) to midnight Sunday (2100 GMT Sunday), the Russian side announced the Easter Trus.”
Easter, a major holiday for Christians, is observed on Sunday.
“I order to stop all military action for this period,” Putin said, “” Calling the Trus “based on human reasons.
Putin said, “We are going on the basis that the Ukrainian side will follow our example, while our soldiers should be ready to oppose the possible violations of the Trus and provocation by the enemy,” said Putin.
He said that Garasimov told him to Ukraine “more than 100 … an agreement was signed at not killing the energy infrastructure”.
Russia on Friday left a adjournment on striking the Ukrainian energy target, as each side accused the other of breaking an alleged deal without any formal agreement.
The latest Trus proposal shows “How honest is the ability of Kiv’s readiness, its desire and the ability to participate in a process of peace talks,” Putin said.
The ceasefire for Easter in April 2022 and the previous attempts for the Orthodox Christmas in January 2023 were not implemented when the two sides failed to agree on them.
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