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“Based on the fact that a large number of citizens professing Orthodoxy live in the combat areas, we call on the Ukrainian side to declare a cease-fire and give them the opportunity to attend services on Christmas Eve, as well as on the Day of the Nativity of Christ,” Putin’s order, published on the Kremlin’s website, reads.
The order comes after the head of the Russian Orthodox Church called for a ceasefire during the holiday weekend.
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#BREAKING: Putin orders 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for observance of Orthodox Christmas https://t.co/0QNUnSdtZk pic.twitter.com/SyoBjsUQW9
— The Hill (@thehill) January 5, 2023
Russian front line shows no slow down ahead of ceasefire https://t.co/MMJkTmLB7z pic.twitter.com/yjQYBm2Cah
— The Hill (@thehill) January 6, 2023
So much for Putin's "Christmas ceasefire" – no sign of shelling letting up on the front, and now an air raid alert across the whole country, triggered by the launch in Belarus of a MiG-31K warplane that can carry nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. pic.twitter.com/omj5P2T8U7
— Euan MacDonald (@Euan_MacDonald) January 6, 2023
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