Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared an «Easter ceasefire».

The Russian Federation promises to halt all military operations from 6:00 PM on April 19 until midnight on April 21.

Russia has officially announced the «Easter ceasefire».

During this time, the Kremlin leader ordered to «stop all military actions».

«I order to cease all military operations during this period. We expect the Ukrainian side to follow our lead», said Putin.

He added that Russian troops «must be prepared to respond to any violations of the ceasefire and provocations».

As of 5:30 PM, the Ukrainian authorities had not commented on the Russian initiative.