Moscow, April 19 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced an Easter ceasefire, according to a post shared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia on X.

In a video message, President Putin declared the ceasefire. The post shared with the video on X read: "The Russian Side announces an #EasterCeasefire from 06:00 pm today to 00:00 am Monday. This is done for humanitarian reasons. I hereby order all military operations ceased for this period."

According to the Russian MFA's official Telegram account, President Putin made the announcement during a meeting at the Kremlin with the Chief of the General Staff of Russia's Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov.

The post said, "During a meeting at the Kremlin with the Chief of the Ge...