truce

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President Volodymyr Zelensky has offered Russia a truce for the Easter holidays.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Kyiv has been pushing for a truce over the Orthodox Easter holidays that would include a halt in attacks on energy infrastructure.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Zelensky said the offer of a holiday truce was still on the table if Moscow agreed, and that message had been passed on in a call to Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Both sides announced a truce for the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

A Union messenger tells Lee that his letter has not found Grant, but it has found General George Meade, who has ordered a sixty-minute truce.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly