Russia’s Putin declares Easter ceasefire in Ukraine conflict

It added it expected Ukraine to follow suit and cease all fire during this period over Easter.Aljazeera and BBcC reported.

This comes after Trump said the US will “take a pass” on brokering further Russia-Ukraine talks if either make it “very difficult” to reach a peace deal.

Speaking on Friday, the US president told reporters that while he was not expecting a deal to happen in "a specific number of days", he wanted it done "quickly".

Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned they would walk away if there were no signs of progress within days.

Since the US proposed an initial 30-day ceasefire, Moscow has placed a number of conditions on it happening.

Last month, Ukraine said it would accept the US-brokered deal, with Rubio telling reporters the “ball is now in their [Russia’s] court”.