{"id":5039,"date":"2026-04-11T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=5039"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:21:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:21:26","slug":"putin-ordered-easter-truce-comes-into-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/putin-ordered-easter-truce-comes-into-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin-ordered Easter truce comes into force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moscow has declared a pause in fighting from 16:00 Moscow time (13:00 GMT) on Saturday through Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Easter weekend ceasefire announced by Russia has come into force. President Vladimir Putin ordered the nation\u2019s military to halt all operations against Ukrainian forces from 16:00 Moscow time (13:00 GMT) on Saturday until the end of Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Kremlin, the move is a humanitarian gesture, not a substitute for a lasting peace with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian military will be ready to respond to any Ukrainian offensive operations or provocations, Moscow stated.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe expect the Ukrainian side to follow Russia\u2019s lead,\u201d<\/em> the Kremlin said when it announced the ceasefire earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky responded by claiming that Kiev was <em>\u201cready for mirror steps.\u201d<\/em> He also called for a prolonged truce extending beyond the Easter weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe want not a ceasefire, but a lasting, sustainable peace,\u201d<\/em> Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday, commenting on the development. He added that peace could be reached if Zelensky <em>\u201ctakes responsibility\u201d<\/em> and makes the necessary decisions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69d8fbd22030271049150782.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/637968-kremlin-orthodox-easter-ceasefire\/\">Kremlin explains Easter ceasefire<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He was referring to Moscow\u2019s repeated demands that Kiev withdraw its forces from Russia\u2019s Donbass region.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has said it remains open to negotiations, but insists that any lasting settlement must address the root causes of the conflict. These include Kiev\u2019s neutrality and the reversal of discriminatory policies targeting ethnic Russians and Russian culture.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian forces violated the Easter ceasefire 1,971 times from 4:00 PM on April 11 to 8:00 AM on April 12, the Russian Defense Ministry said earlier on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>All Russian troops strictly observed the ceasefire and remained at their previously held lines and positions, the Defense Ministry added.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has previously declared unilateral ceasefires for Orthodox religious holidays. In 2023, it observed truces during the Orthodox Christmas holiday in January and over the Easter weekend in April. In 2025, Moscow declared an Easter truce, but it was violated by Kiev more than 3,900 times, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow has declared a pause in fighting from 16:00 Moscow time (13:00 GMT) on Saturday through Sunday The Easter weekend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5042,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039\/revisions\/5042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}