MOSCOW, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Russia does not want a temporary truce, but lasting and sustainable peace, the Kremlin said on Friday after an Orthodox Easter ceasefire with Ukraine was announced Thursday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the ceasefire is humanitarian in nature and Moscow has seen Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's statement on the truce.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced the ceasefire during the Easter holidays with Ukraine. Zelensky soon posted on social media that Ukraine was "ready for symmetrical steps."

Peace in Ukraine can be reached today if Zelensky makes such a decision, the spokesman added.

Meanwhile, Peskov confirmed that Kirill Dmitriev, Russia's special presidential envoy, is currently on a visit to the United States.

Dmitriev is not negotiating the Ukrainian settlement, Peskov said, adding that his visit to the United States does not mean the resumption of such contacts. ■