Truce is declared in Donbass for Easter holidays

Truce is declared in Donbass for Easter holidays

A Tripartite Contact Group on regulating the situation in Donbass announced that the truce would be started from March 30, 2018, at 00:01 am, writes the OSCE website.

The parties confirmed their intention to adhere to the ceasefire, starting from March 30, 2018, 00.01 am.

"The Tripartite Contact Group, with the participation of representatives of certain regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, emphasizing the importance of ensuring peace and order for the population and taking into account the upcoming Easter holidays, and also on the basis of earlier agreements and commitments of the parties, confirms its full commitment to a comprehensive, sustainable and termless ceasefire," the document says.

Besides, for the period of funeral days, the regime of crossing the line of demarcation within Donetsk and Lugansk regions will be simplified.

Earlier, on March 2, the Tripartite Contact Group on regulating the situation in Donbass announced full and permanent ceasefire starting from March 5.

Read also

Paris police break up peaceful protest against euthanasia

Outside the National Assembly in Paris, police cracked down on opponents of euthanasia legalization and took several activists into custody.

Family of Kyiv priest abducted by TRC says they have lost contact with him

Relatives of Archpriest Yaroslav Kruhlenko say they have been unable to reach him since he was detained by officers of the TRC and have no information about where he is being held.

Penitential canon read at Zabolottia’s persecuted UOC parish

The Orthodox community of St. Elijah on Bukovyna, deprived of its church in May 2025, is serving the services of Great Lent in a renovated space adapted for prayer.

Prosecutor’s Office demands that UOC hand over to state Staryi Pochaiv church

The Ternopil regional prosecutor’s office is seeking, through the courts, to annul the registration of ownership rights to the 17th-century Holy Protection (Intercession) Church of the UOC in the village of Staryi Pochaiv.

Centuries-old crosses from Serbian graves hauled away as scrap in Croatia

Municipal services in the Croatian town of Vrbovsko removed Orthodox crosses from cemeteries under the pretext of “danger to visitors.”

Reserve replaces Lavra Caves’ saints’ nameplates with Ukrainian-language signs

Online, people have shown what new changes the National Reserve has introduced in the caves of the Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery.