The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has announced a temporary “Easter truce” in the three -year conflict in Ukraine that will last until midnight on Sunday.
“On humanitarian land, today from 6 pm at midnight from Sunday to Monday, the Russian side announces a Easter truce,” Putin said in a televised statement published by the Kremlin. The statement has been translated. “For this period, I order all fighting. We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow our example. At the same time, our troops must be prepared to reflect possible rapes of the truce and the provocations of the enemy.”
Putin first announced the fire at a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of the General Staff Velar Gerasimov, said Kremlin’s press service.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a translated statement that the high fire is imposed “for humanitarian purposes and will be observed by the Russian troops (forces) group that was respected mutually respected by the kyiv regime.”
The Ukrainian president, Volodyymyr Zenskyy, has not responded immediately.
The announcement came the next day The Secretary of State for the United States, Marco Rubio, said The administration of President Trump was ready to “move forward” of the peace conversations between Russia and Ukraine if progress was not made in the next few days. Rubio made the comments in Paris, after Historical conversations Among Ukrainian and European officials.
“Now we are reaching a point where we must decide whether this is just possible or not,” Rubio told journalists while we leave Paris. “Because it is not, so I think we will move on.”
“It’s not our war,” Rubio added. “We have other priorities to focus.” He said that the US administration wants to decide “in a matter of days.” Another meeting is expected next week in London.
Later on Friday, Mr. Trump Made of blond frustrations With the rhythm of conversations. When asked about Rubio’s comments on Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that “quite complex” negotiations were ongoing between the United States and Russia, he thought he said he had not talked directly about Bethal. Trump and Putin were scheduled for the next few days.
The earliest Saturday, the Russian Ministry of Defense said their forces pushed the Ukrainian forces of one of their last support points in the Kursk region of Russia. The control of the Russian forces of the village of Olhnya, on the border with Ukraine, said the ministry.
Associated Press could not immediately verify the claim.
According to the Russian state news agency Tass, Russia is still fighting to expel the Ukrainian forces of the Gornal village, about 7 miles south of Oleshnya.
“The Russian army has not yet expelled the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Gornal … to complete the release of the Kursk region. A fierce struggle in the agreement are being carried out,” said the agency, citing Russian security agencies.
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