Putin announces ‘Easter truce’ in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced a surprise Easter truce in the conflict in Ukraine to last until midnight on Sunday.The short-term order to Russia’s troops to halt all combat activity — which Ukraine has not said if it will match — comes after months of US President Donald Trump pushing both Moscow and Kyiv to agree a truce.He has so far failed to extract any major concessions from the Kremlin.“Today from 1800 (1500 GMT) to midnight Sunday (2100 GM