Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced an Easter Truce with Ukraine, set to last until midnight on Sunday evening.
All military actions have been told to halt for the duration of the Easter holiday – a day after Putin launched an attack on a factory baking Easter treats that led to one person being killed and another injured.
Easter treats were seen littered among rubble and dust after the strike on the baking factory.
The attack on Sumy follows another strike on Palm Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said was ‘right in the heart of the city’.
It killed 34 people, including two children and injured 117 others.
There was an attempted Easter Truce in 2022, shortly after the war broke out that February, but it fell through.
Intense shelling has continued in Eastern Ukraine (Picture: AFP)
A Russian missile attack killed 34 people last weekend on Palm Sunday (Picture: AFP)
A historic prisoner swap
Russia and Ukraine have also swapped hundreds of prisoners in the war’s largest exchange, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defence.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said that 246 Russian service members were returned from territory controlled by Kyiv and that, ‘as a gesture of goodwill’, 31 wounded Ukrainian prisoners of war were transferred in exchange for 15 wounded Russian soldiers in need of urgent medical care.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr said that 277 Ukrainian ‘warriors have returned home from Russian captivity.’
The news came as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
The announcement comes after yesterday, the US suggested that if no progress was made with peace talks, they would ‘move on’ from the discussions.
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