Russia and Ukraine prepare for a temporary Easter truce amid faltering diplomatic efforts to resolve the ongoing conflict.

Russia and Ukraine prepare for a temporary Easter truce amid faltering diplomatic efforts to resolve the ongoing conflict.

April 10 (UPI) -- Russia and Ukraine have both said they will halt fighting during the Orthodox Easter weekend, a rare truce in the four-year-old war that has seen recent advances by Kyiv.

Ukrainian officials urged Russia to ⁠extend a ceasefire it announced for Orthodox Easter this weekend and restart talks to end the war, but people on the streets of Kyiv and Moscow doubted it would lead to lasting peace.