Putin announces a 3 -day ceasefire in Ukraine after accusing him of violating the Easter truce

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a three -day ceasefire in his country’s war on Ukraine, from May 8 to 10, in conjunction with the anniversary of victory day in World War II in Moscow. Ukraine soon accused Putin’s forces, which are more than three years in their conquest on a large scale, Another violation of Putin’s fire was announcedOn Easter Sunday.

Putin’s truce announced by Putin on Monday cover the national holiday in Russia, which coincides with victory in Europe, or a day, which was marked throughout Europe on May 8, the date on which Nazi Germany recognizes Germany to the Allied Forces in 1945. The Soviet Union was then one of these allies, along with the United States, which was taught from Adv Hitler.

“Russia believes that the Ukrainian side should follow this example,” the Kremlin said on Monday in the announcement of Putin’s order. “In the event of violations of the armistice by the Ukrainian side, the Russian armed forces will provide sufficient and effective response.”

On Easter on Sunday, just hours after the temporary ceasefire announced by Putin, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy Moscow was accused of trying to create a wrong appearance to honor the armistice. He said that while at least the air strikes and missiles slowed, its forces recorded 59 separate cases of Russian bombing and five attacks along the 600 -mile front line, which runs from the northern border to southern in eastern Ukraine.

He wrote: “In practice, Putin does not have full control of his army, or the situation proves that in Russia, they have no intention to make a real movement towards ending the war, and they only care to cover favorable public relations.”

Putin’s unilateral announcement of the other ceasefire comes amid severe pressure from the Trump administration on both Kiev and Moscow to reach an agreement to end the fighting in the three -year war raised by Putin on February 24, 2022, to invade the full scale.

On Saturday, Zelinski and President Trump He met for 15 minutes in St. Peter’s Church before Funeral of Pope Francis.

After the meeting, Mr. Trump seemed to have changed him on Ukraine and the war, saying that Zelinski was ready to conclude a peace agreement to end the war. He also criticized Russia because of its recent attacks in Ukraine, and to threaten banking or secondary sanctions on Moscow in A. Social truth.

“We held a nice meeting,” Mr. Trump told reporters outside the White House on Sunday.

When asked if he trusts Putin, Mr. Trump answered, “You will know in about two weeks” without explaining more.

Last week, Vice Vice President JD Vance also warned that Putin and Zelinski should force a deal or that the Trump administration would end its efforts to form a permanent ceasefire. He was The second warning from the Trump administration In less than a week, despite Mr. Trump’s repeated pledges before his second term, he will end the war immediately.

“We have issued a very clear proposal for both the Russians and the Kurds, and it is time for them to either say yes, or the United States to stay away from this process,” Vans told reporters.

Two days after Vans, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, warned I told CBS News’ Margaret Brennan The Kremlin was “ready to reach a deal” with the United States on Ukraine, but “some elements” still needed.

“The nation’s confrontation with Margaret Brennan” said Lavrov in an interview.

Lavrov refused to determine the details discussed in the US-Russia negotiations, or whether he believed any imminent deal.

Russia has long said that it is open to the end of the war negotiations, but it refused to make any concessions, and the Kremlin routinely insist that any ceasefire should deal with what Putin considers “the root causes” of the war, in which he has always blamed Ukraine and the West despite its own arrangement for the neighboring Ghost.

Mr. Trump sometimes chanted the Kremlin’s speech on the causes of the war, and senior administration officials have made clear that they believe that Ukraine would have to result from some lands that Russia has controlled over the past decade to end the fighting. While some White House officials said that Russia will also have concessions, it is still not clear what the Trump administration from Putin will demand to reach a permanent truce.