Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the temporary “Easter truce” in the conflict for three years in Ukraine, which will continue until midnight on Sunday.
“Today in 1800 (1500 GMT) until midnight Sunday (2100 GMT on Sunday), the Russian team announced the Easter truce,” and quoted Putin as saying by Kremlin Press Service during a meeting with the Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
Putin said: “We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow our example. At the same time, our forces must be ready to repel the potential violations of Indian and provocations from the enemy, that is, from its aggressive actions,” Putin said.
Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinski did not respond immediately.
This announcement came on the same day that the Russian Ministry of Defense said that its forces pushed the Ukrainian forces from one of the last foothold in the Russian Kursk region. The ministry said that the Russian forces took control of the village of Olisia, on the border with Ukraine.
The Associated Press was unable to verify the claim immediately.
According to the Russian government news agency Tass, Russia is still fighting to remove the Ukrainian forces from the village of Gornal, about 7 miles south of Oleshnya.
“The Russian army has not yet paid the Ukrainian armed forces from Journal … in order to completely liberate the Corsak region. The bad fighting is underway in the settlement,” the agency, citing Russian security agencies.
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