New twist in Russia-Ukraine war, Putin announces unilateral ceasefire due to…

Russia-Ukraine Battle: In a most important decision, Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a unilateral ceasefire in the continuing Russia-Ukraine war on Easter. In a post shared on X, Russia’s  Ministry of International Affairs (MFA) said that Putin’s “Easter ceasefire” will approach into manufacture from 6 PM (Russian time) on Sunday to 12 AM Monday.

“The Russian Aspect publicizes an #EasterCeasefire from 06:00 pm today time to 00:00 am Monday. Here's accomplished for humanitarian causes. I hereby expose all militia operations ceased for this era,” Vladimir Putin said in a video accompanying the MFA’s X post.

Putin publicizes ‘Easter Ceasefire’ on ‘humanitarian’ grounds

As per the Russian foreign ministry’s real Telegram account, Putin made the announcement one day of a assembly at the Kremlin with the Chief of the Normal Workers of Russia’s Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov. “All the contrivance via a assembly at the Kremlin with the Chief of the Normal Workers of Russia’s Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov President Vladimir Putin declared that the Russian Aspect is ceasing all militia circulation initiating April 19, 06:00 pm MSK to April 21, 00:00 am MSK,” the ministry said in its Telegram post.

Quoting President Vladimir Putin, the MFA said the ceasefire is “guided by humanitarian motives”. “Russian Aspect publicizes an Easter ceasefire from 06:00 pm today time to 00:00 am Monday. I hereby expose all militia operations ceased for this era. We think that the Ukrainian Aspect will observe our example,” it said.

Nonetheless, Moscow called upon its troops to be “ready to repel conceivable ceasefire violations and provocations by the enemy, as correctly as any aggressive acts on their part.”

Ukraine violated recent agreement, claims Putin

Whereas making Easter ceasefire announcement, Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of violating a recent agreement of no longer attacking every assorted’s energy infrastructure extra than 100 events. On Friday, Moscow announced it changed into lifting the ban on attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as Kyiv had already violated the terms of the deal.

Notably, all sides cling accuses every assorted of breaching the agreement.

Putin additional said that his unilateral ceasefire will expose Ukraine and its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s sincerity in adhering to peace agreements, and Kyiv’s willingness to attain a peace deal to quit the Russia-Ukraine war which has raged since February 2022.

In the meantime, the Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday said that Russian troops cling regained regained preserve watch over of the village of Oleshnya on the Russia-Ukraine border by forcing Ukrainian protection pressure to retreat from one of their final final positions in Russia’s Kursk dwelling.

US says ‘no longer our war’

Putin’s ceasefire announcement comes amid US President Donald Trump’s administration announcing it changed into in a position to quit truce negotiations in Ukraine if no agreement is reached, DW reported. “We've to discover in a short time now, and I’m talking a couple of matter of days, whether or no longer or no longer that is doable,” US Secretary of Insist Marco Rubio suggested newshounds in Paris after holding high-level talks with European, Ukrainian, and Russian officers in the French capital.

Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff met European and Ukrainian companions as part of the Trump administration’s effort to quit the war, CNN reported.

“If it’s no longer conceivable, if we’re up to now aside that that is no longer going to happen, then I believe the president is perchance at some degree the assign he’s going to enlighten we’re accomplished. It’s no longer our war. We didn’t launch it,” he said.

(With inputs from agencies)