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Putin announces truce in Ukraine over Easter weekend

By AFP 19 April 2025, 5:13 pm 8 Edit

MOSCOW, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin announces an Easter truce in the conflict in Ukraine starting this evening and lasting till midnight on Sunday.

“Today from 1800 (1500 GMT) to midnight Sunday (2100 GMT Sunday), the Russian side announces an Easter truce,” Putin says in televised comments, while speaking to Russian chief of staff Valery Gerasimov.

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