On Saturday afternoon, church bells will mark the start of a Kremlin-declared ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, due to last until midnight on Orthodox Easter Sunday.
The pause coincides with the most important festival for Orthodox Christians.
Al Jazeera’s Audrey MacAlpine reports.
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