Ukraine dismisses announcement, effective from noon on Friday until midnight on Saturday, as ‘a trap and propaganda’
Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas after an appeal from the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a step Ukraine had earlier dismissed as a cynical trap.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow called earlier on Thursday for both sides of the war in Ukraine to observe a Christmas truce. “We call on the Ukrainian side to declare a ceasefire and allow them to attend services on Christmas Eve, as well as on Christmas Day,” Putin said.
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