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Putin announces Easter ceasefire, proposed by Kyiv for weeks

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 646 words · By Sasha Vakulina
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Moscow repeatedly ignored Kyiv’s calls for Easter weekend ceasefire around 12 April just to announce what it called its own “unilateral" truce.

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What happened

Moscow repeatedly ignored Kyiv’s calls for Easter weekend ceasefire around 12 April just to announce what it called its own “unilateral" truce.

Why it matters

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday a ceasefire for Orthodox Easter weekend after rejecting Ukraine’s similar proposals for a truce.

Common ground

"In connection with the approaching holiday of Orthodox Easter, a ceasefire is declared from 1600 on April 11 to the end of the day of April 12," the Kremlin said in a statement.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 1 propaganda technique in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Zelenskyy urged Russian oil sanctions to be reimposed after the Iran ceasefire.”
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Claim 2: “Zelenskyy called for increased pressure on Russia to restart the peace talks and finally agree to a trilateral leaders' meeting.”
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Claim 3: “Zelenskyy said 'the United States will become even more focused on its internal processes – on the elections. And I think they have a kind of domestic political deadline – around August.'”
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Claim 4: “In early March the US eased the restrictions and greenlit the sale of previously sanctioned Russian oil already on the water through 11 April.”
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Claim 5: “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been calling for a ceasefire for the upcoming Orthodox Easter weekend.”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm or deny Zelenskyy proposing a ceasefire for the Orthodox Easter weekend in 2025.
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Claim 6: “"In connection with the approaching holiday of Orthodox Easter, a ceasefire is declared from 1600 on April 11 to the end of the day of April 12," the Kremlin said in a statement.”
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No evidence in Wikipedia entries or other sources confirms or denies the Kremlin declaring a specific ceasefire timeframe in April 2025. The available evidence mentions unrelated topics like a 2025 Russia-US summit and Steve Witkoff's role.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Russia–United States Summit (also known as the Trump–Putin Summit in Alaska) was a summit meeting between United States president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin. It was hel…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is the former national cemetery of the Soviet Union, located in Red Square in Moscow beside the Kremlin Wall. Burials there began in November 1917, when 240 pro-Bolsheviks …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven Charles Witkoff (born March 15, 1957) is an American real estate developer, investor, and founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States special envoy to the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff
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Claim 7: “The US deadline on whether Washington will extend sanctions relief on Russian oil expires on Saturday.”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm or deny the existence of a US special envoy for peace missions in 2025.
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Claim 8: “The talks are reportedly focused on potential negotiations over putting an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine, as well as broader US-Russia economic cooperation.”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm or deny discussions about peace missions or Middle East envoy activities related to the claim.
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Claim 9: “Zelenskyy said he had asked the United States to pass on a proposal for a holiday weekend truce to Moscow, as a first step.”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm or deny Zelenskyy requesting the US to relay a truce proposal to Moscow.
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Claim 10: “Zelenskyy proposed the Easter truce to Russia and also tried to convince Moscow, via mediator countries, to accept the ceasefire.”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm or deny Zelenskyy's efforts to convince Moscow via mediators to accept a ceasefire.
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Claim 11: “Zelenskyy said April, May and June are 'key months’ as he believes 'the Americans will not give anyone more time for this dialogue.'”
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Claim 12: “Moscow repeatedly ignored Kyiv’s calls for Easter weekend ceasefire around 12 April”
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No evidence in Wikipedia entries or other sources confirms or denies Russia ignoring Ukraine's Easter ceasefire calls in April 2025. The available evidence only covers general war timelines up to July 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russian war crimes are violations of international criminal law including war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide which the official armed and paramilitary forces of Russia have …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 July 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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Claim 13: “Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday a ceasefire for Orthodox Easter weekend after rejecting Ukraine’s similar proposals for a truce.”
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No evidence in Wikipedia entries or other sources confirms or denies Putin announcing a ceasefire in April 2025. The available evidence focuses on religious figures and general war context, not specific ceasefire announcements.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kirill or Cyril (Russian: Кирилл, Church Slavonic: Стѣ́йшїй патрїа́рхъ Кѷрі́ллъ, secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, Russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Гундя́ев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Kirill_of_Moscow
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The role of religion in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with the impact the invasion has had on religion, have attracted significant attention. Peter Mandaville of the United States Institute o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_the_Russian_invas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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Claim 14: “Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev travelled to the US to meet with the Trump administration officials on Thursday.”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm or deny𝔱he meeting between Trump and Putin in 2025 or any related activities by Steve Witkoff.
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Claim 15: “When the US imposed sanctions in October 2025, Moscow agreed to return to the peace talks.”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm or deny the details of a 2025 Russia-US summit or related activities.
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