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The note adds that the Russian military command, made up of Defense Minister Andrei Beloúsov and General Valeri Gerasimov, has received “instructions to cease hostilities on all fronts during that period.” However, it is warned that the troops will be “prepared to counter any possible provocation or aggressive action by the enemy.”
The Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenskihad been demanding a similar truce for days. “Ukraine has repeatedly said that we are ready to take reciprocal steps. We proposed a ceasefire for the Easter holidays and we will act accordingly“, he confirmed in a message on social networks.
Ukraine has repeatedly stated that we are ready for symmetrical steps. We proposed a ceasefire during the Easter holidays this year and will act accordingly. People need an Easter free from threats and real movement toward peace, and Russia has a chance not to return to strikes…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) April 9, 2026
“People need an Easter without threats and real progress towards peaceand Russia has a chance not to return to attacks after Easter,” added the kyiv leader. The brief truce also coincides with the ceasefire agreed by the United States and Iran in the Middle East conflict.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskovhas explained to the state agency TASS that the ceasefire proposal had not been previously discussed with the White House and that is not linked to any plan to resume negotiations tripartites to resolve a war that has now entered its fifth year.
On March 31, the Kremlin had rejected Zelensky’s proposal to jointly declare a truce during Orthodox Easter, and since then the Russian Presidency had been reluctant to comment on this issue.
“We repeat once again: Zelensky must assume his responsibility and make the corresponding decision so that we reach peace, not a ceasefire“, said Peskov at the end of March. He also accused the Ukrainian president of not proposing a “precise” Easter truce, but rather a general one, something that Putin opposes since he believes that kyiv would take advantage of it to rearm.
In the past, Putin has already unilaterally declared truces of a day or more. At last year’s Orthodox Easter he declared a 30-hour cessation of hostilities. In May 2025 he did the same, for three days, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Zelensky has always advocated truces lasting one month. In the statement published by the Kremlin this Thursday, it is detailed that “we assume that Ukraine will follow the example of the Russian Federation.”
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