James Marson leads Ukraine coverage for The Wall Street Journal.

Putin declared a unilateral truce to begin at 6 p.m. Moscow time. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said “Russian ...

The temporary truce began at 6 p.m. local time Saturday and was to run through midnight on Monday, Russian President Vladimir ...

In January 2023, Putin had ordered his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire for Orthodox Christmas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had stopped short of stating ...

If Ukraine’s allies needed proof of Moscow ... calling for a day of peace to allow Orthodox Christians to observe Christmas – a move that Kyiv and Western leaders dismissed at the time ...

In a statement, Putin also said to have had "the privilege of communication with this outstanding man on many occasions", adding he will forever "retain the fondest memory" of Pope Jorge Mario ...

For the next four years, Russia and Ukraine agreed to several ceasefires a year, often timed with Christmas, Easter or the harvest, around June/July. Not a single one held for very long.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine starting Saturday, citing humanitarian reasons, as Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds of captured soldiers in ...