Putin announces "Easter truce" that will allegedly last 32 hours

Russian dictator vladimir putin has announced a so-called "Easter truce" that will allegedly last 32 hours. This is according to a kremlin statement published on Thursday, April 9.

It says that putin instructed russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov and Chief of the General Staff of the russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov to "stop hostilities on all fronts."

At the same time, they were also instructed to ensure that the occupying army was ready to "stop possible provocations by the enemy."

The "Easter truce" announced by putin will begin at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, and will last until the end of Sunday, April 12.

"We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow the example of the Russian Federation," the kremlin said in a statement on its website.

At the time of publication, the Ukrainian side did not comment on the kremlin's statement on the so-called ceasefire.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on March 30 this year, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine offered russia a ceasefire for Easter. In response, it received a massive air attack using drones.

Last Monday, April 6, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine, through the United States, had submitted a proposal to russia to stop strikes on energy facilities.

Not long before, it became known that some partners of Ukraine asked to reduce the intensity of strikes on russian oil facilities amid the energy crisis, which arose after the start of the US war against Iran.