Putin announces temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a impermanent Easter ceasefire successful his country’s warfare with Ukraine, the Kremlin said Saturday.

The warfare has raged for much than 3 years and outgo the lives of tens of thousands of radical connected some sides. 

"Guided by humanitarian considerations, contiguous from 18:00 to 00:00 from Sunday to Monday, the Russian broadside declares an Easter truce,’" Putin said successful a video posted by the Russian ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a gathering of the Presidential Council for Science and Education via a video nexus astatine the Kremlin successful Moscow connected February 8, 2023.  (MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

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"I bid that each subject actions beryllium stopped for this period."

In the video, Putin is joined by Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.

The determination appeared to beryllium scoffed astatine by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who said soon aft the announcement that aerial raid alerts were ringing retired crossed Ukraine.

"As for yet different effort by Putin to play with quality lives—at this moment, aerial raid alerts are spreading crossed Ukraine," Zelenskyy wrote connected X portion giving an update connected unit positions. It wasn’t wholly wide of helium was addressing the truce.

The determination appeared to beryllium scoffed astatine by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who said soon aft the announcement that aerial raid alerts were ringing retired crossed Ukraine. (Getty Images)

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"At 17:15, Russian onslaught drones were detected successful our skies. Ukrainian aerial defence and aviation person already begun moving to support us. Shahed drones successful our skies uncover Putin’s existent cognition toward Easter and toward quality life."

Zelenskyy wrote that Ukrainian forces were battling successful the Kursk portion and holding their positions. 

"In the Belgorod region, our warriors person precocious and expanded our portion of control," helium wrote.

Russia’s Defense Ministry, however, said its forces pushed Ukrainian troops from 1 of their past remaining footholds successful Russia’s Kursk region, wherever Ukrainian troops staged a surprise incursion last year.

The impermanent ceasefire comes aft President Donald Trump connected Thursday said an 80-page minerals woody volition beryllium signed with Ukraine successful 1 week. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent aboriginal amended that it would apt beryllium signed connected April 26. 

On Friday, President Donald Trump said the U.S. volition "just instrumentality a pass" astatine bid efforts for Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to hold to ceasefire terms.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Details connected the statement inactive stay comparatively unknown, though caller reporting by Bloomberg has suggested the U.S. has eased backmost its demands of repayment for its assistance successful Ukraine’s combat against Russia from $300 cardinal to $100 billion. 

On Friday, Trump said the U.S. volition "just instrumentality a pass" astatine bid efforts for Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to hold to ceasefire terms. 

"If for immoderate reason, 1 of the 2 parties makes it precise difficult, we're conscionable going to accidental 'you're foolish, you're fools, you're horrible people,' and we're going to conscionable instrumentality a pass," Trump told reporters. "But hopefully we won't person to bash that."

Fox News’ Caitlin McFall and The Associated Press contributed to this report.