Why Putin's 'holiday ceasefire' deal can't be trusted
4/10/202648 min
Day 1,506.
Today, as Putin finally agrees to a brief ceasefire this weekend to mark Orthodox Easter - trying to pass the initiative off as his own generosity - we examine what a ceasefire is and, importantly, what it is not. We report how the next round of so-called peace talks have run into the sand and we have our regular update about resistance operations in the occupied territories. Plus, a special report from Adelie, for which discretion is advised, about how Russian troops are using sexual violence as a tactic in their war.
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Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @Adeliepjz on X.
With thanks to Dr Jade McGlynn and Sara Cincurova.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Putin announces Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
Ukrainian Women Tell Their Stories of Sexual Violence by Russian Soldiers
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/world/europe/russian-soldiers-sexual-violence-ukraine.html
Three Years After Bucha’s Liberation, Ukrainian Women Still Struggle for Justice
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First 90 secondsDavid Knowles0:00
[intro music] The Telegraph.
Dominic Nicholls· Host0:05
[upbeat music] I'm Dom Nicholls, and this is Ukraine: The Latest. Today, as Putin finally agrees to a brief ceasefire this weekend to mark Orthodox Easter, trying to pass the initiative off as his own generosity, we examine what a ceasefire is and importantly what it is not. We report how the next round of so-called peace talks have run into the sand, and we have our regular update about resistance operations in the occupied territories. And later, a special report from Adelie, which contains explicit material and for which discretion is advised, about how Russian troops are using sexual violence as a tactic in their war.
David Knowles0:44
Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:54
[explosion sound] The Russians does not want peace.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:57
First, we defend with our help for Ukraine also our freedom and our European values.
Donald Trump· Soundbite1:06
If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, twenty-four hours.
Dominic Nicholls· Host1:10
We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years.
Donald Trump· Soundbite1:14
We cannot, as Europeans, let Russia win in Ukraine.
David Knowles1:19
Nobody's gonna break us. We are strong. We are Ukrainians.
Dominic Nicholls· Host1:24
[upbeat music] It's Friday, the tenth of April, four years and forty-five days since the full