The Russian president Vladimir Putin has declared a new «Easter ceasefire».

It has been stated that Russia pledges to halt all military operations from 6 PM on April 19 until midnight on April 21.

The Kremlin has announced the «Easter ceasefire».

During this time, Putin has ordered to «cease all military actions».

«I command to stop all military actions during this period. We expect the Ukrainian side to follow our example», said Putin.

He also added that Russian troops must be ready to respond to any potential violations of the ceasefire and provocations.

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