Putin's 30-hour 'Easter truce' expires It's 10pm in the UK, midnight in Moscow and Kyiv, meaning Vladimir Putin's "Easter truce" has now come to an end. That's after the Kremlin said the Russian president has not ordered an extension to the ceasefire (see 4.54pm post). Despite Putin vowing to "cease all military operations" the pause never got off the ground, with both sides accusing each other of violations (see 2.43pm post). More recently this evening, Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed a longer 30-day pause on "any strikes using long-range drones and missiles on civilian infrastructure" - we're yet to hear Moscow's response. Although Putin's "Easter truce" was only in place for 30 hours, its timing was significant after growing US frustration at the lack of progress in peace negotiations. That's something our Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett points out in his analysis below.