Russia’s Putin declares unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine conflict

President Vladimir Putin has announced a unilateral Easter truce in Russia’s war on Ukraine, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said shortly after that Ukrainian air defence units were fighting off an attack by Russian drones, adding that it was “another attempt by Putin to play with human lives”. Zelenskyy said on X that, “air raid alerts are spreading across Ukraine” and “Shahed drones in our skies reveal Putin’s true attitude toward Easter and toward human life”.