Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a ceasefire in Ukraine on Orthodox Christmas, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
The Kremlin said that Russian troops would have to cease fire for 36 hours from 12 noon on 6 January.
Many Orthodox Christians, including those living in Russia and Ukraine, celebrate Christmas on January 6–7.
Moscow’s Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Thursday called for both sides of the war in Ukraine to observe a Christmas truce, which Kyiv dismissed as a cynical trap.
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