Vladimir Putin has announced a 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for the Orthodox Easter weekend, according to a decree released by the Kremlin on Thursday.
The order instructs Russian forces to stop fighting from 4pm on Saturday until the end of Sunday. The pause comes after an earlier call from Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a temporary halt in the war.
The Kremlin’s proposal sets out a relatively short suspension of hostilities over a religious holiday period. The statement said the ceasefire would begin on Saturday afternoon and continue through the Orthodox Easter weekend.
Ukraine is expected to agree to the plan, according to the source item, though no further details were provided in the initial report.
The announcement marks a notable moment in the conflict, with the timing linked to Orthodox Easter and framed as a limited humanitarian pause. The decree was issued by the Kremlin and made public on Thursday.
No additional terms, monitoring arrangements or enforcement mechanisms were included in the source report. The main details released so far are the length of the ceasefire, its start time, and the fact that it is intended to run through the end of Sunday.
