Ukraine-Russia latest: Vladimir Putin announces ‘Easter truce’ until end of Sunday

Putin declares Easter truce in Ukrainepublished at 15:12 British Summer Time

15:12 BST

Adam Goldsmith
Live reporter

In the past few moments, Russian media has been reporting that President Vladimir Putin has declared an Easter truce in Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky has yet to respond, but the Kremlin says that it expects Ukraine to follow its example.

According to Reuters news agency, Russia is expected to cease hostilities from 18:00 local time today (16:00 BST) until midnight local time (22:00) on Monday 21 April.

There is no indication whether Putin’s Easter truce will lead to a negotiation on a longer period of peace.

This comes after US President Donald Trump warned the US will “take a pass” on brokering further talks if Moscow or Kyiv make it difficult to reach a peace deal.