“Today from 1800. (1500 GMT) On Monday (2100 GMT, the Russian party announces Easter truce,” Putin was quoted in the Cryno press case during the meeting with the Chief General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
“We assume that the Ukrainian party will follow our example. At the same time, our troops must be ready to reject the possible violation of truce and provocation, any of its aggressive shares,” Putin said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not respond immediately.
The announcement came on the same day, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that its forces pushed Ukrainian forces from one of their last remaining warns in the Russian region of Kursk. Russian forces took control of the village of Oleshnya, on the border with Ukraine, the Ministry said.
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According to the Russian State Agency, Russia still struggles to push Ukrainian forces from the village of Gornal, some 7 miles south of Oleshny.
“The Russian army has not yet pushed the Ukrainian armed forces from Gorna … to fully release the Kursk region. It is in the settlement in the settlement,” the agency reported, stating Russian security agencies.
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2025-04-19 14:30:00
