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Putin Declares 3-Day Ceasefire To Mark WWII Victory Day
Business Standard
|April 29, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire next week in Ukraine to mark the World War II Victory Day as the US presses for a deal to end the three-year-old war.
Kyiv insisted on a longer and immediate truce.
The Kremlin said the truce, ordered on "humanitarian grounds," will run from the start of May 8 (2100 GMT, 5 pm EDT May 7) and last through the end of May 10 (2100 GMT, 5 pm EDT May 10) to mark Moscow's defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945—Russia's biggest secular holiday.
Ukraine, which has previously agreed to US President Donald Trump's proposal of a full 30-day ceasefire, dismissed Putin's move as window dressing.
"If Russia truly wants peace, it must cease fire immediately," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, according to the ministry. He emphasized that Kyiv is ready for a "lasting, reliable, and complete ceasefire" for at least 30 full days.
This story is from the April 29, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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