Overview
- Russia announced Thursday a 32-hour cease-fire from Saturday 4 p.m. to the end of Sunday for Orthodox Easter.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would honor the pause, which Kyiv had proposed earlier through the United States.
- The Kremlin said it did not coordinate the truce with Kyiv or Washington and described it as unrelated to peace negotiations.
- Fresh attacks were reported around the announcement, with deaths and injuries in Ukraine’s Dnipro, Poltava, and Sumy regions and a fatal drone strike in Russia’s Volgograd region.
- Ukrainians voiced deep skepticism after past holiday pauses were quickly accused of being violated by both sides, reflecting distrust that a short truce will hold.