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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence minister to impose a 36-hour ceasefire on the Ukrainian frontline, beginning on Friday.

Both days are public holidays in the country. Relatives of the dead, as well as some politicians and commentators, expressed anger over what happened in Makiivka and blamed incompetent military officials. The Kremlin's ceasefire fits in nicely with a common narrative in Moscow, one that is aimed primarily at the domestic audience. Ukrainian presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, said there could be no "temporary truce" until Russian forces withdrew from all the areas they had occupied. [said Moscow repeatedly ignored](https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1611076829577904128) President Zelensky's propositions for peace. A Kremlin statement said: "Taking into consideration the appeal by [Kirill], the president hereby instructs the minister of defence of the Russian Federation to impose a ceasefire regime along the entire line of contact in Ukraine" for the 36-hour period.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Thursday for a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to mark Orthodox Christmas, a move rejected by Kyiv which said there ...

The worst battles have taken place near the eastern city of Bakhmut, which both sides have compared to a meat grinder. Ukraine's main Orthodox Church has rejected the authority of the Moscow patriarch, and many Ukrainian believers have shifted their calendar to celebrate Christmas on Dec. Ukraine says Russia has lost thousands of troops despite seizing scant ground in months of futile waves of assaults on Bakhmut. Parts of the city are a wasteland, with sections of residential apartment blocks flattened into concrete piles. 24 but the strikes included Christmas Day and New Year's attacks on civilian infrastructure, according to Kyiv. Most civilians have been evacuated from Bakhmut. “We are holding up. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhailo Podolyak called that demand "fully unacceptable". "Our concern ... Germany said it was sending Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles, following an announcement by France on Wednesday it was sending AMX-10 RC armoured combat vehicles. Russia's Orthodox Church observes Christmas on Jan. Fifty Bradley Fighting Vehicles would be included in a $2.8 billion U.S.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his armed forces to observe a unilateral 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this ...

The Kremlin said Putin “reaffirmed Russia’s openness to a serious dialogue” with Ukrainian authorities. Taking the city in the Donbas region, an expansive industrial area bordering Russia, would not only give Putin a major battlefield gain after months of setbacks, but would rupture Ukraine’s supply lines and allow Moscow’s forces to press on toward key Ukrainian strongholds in Donetsk. officials said they will send Ukraine nearly $3 billion in military aid](/article/politics-russia-ukraine-war-united-states-government-8107e8dc847f03bd481589c8ea4b1943) in a massive new package that will for the first time include several dozen Bradley fighting vehicles. spokesman Stephane Dujarric welcomed the move but said it “will not replace a just peace in line with the U.N. “It does not appear to be a strategic change in in Russia’s plan or its approach,” he said. President Joe Biden said it was “interesting” that Putin was ready to bomb hospitals, nurseries and churches on Christmas and New Year’s. “Frankly speaking, the 8th of March (Women’s Day), (Ukraine’s) independence day, Christmas (Dec. An intense battle has left 60% of the eastern city of Bakhmut in ruins, Donetsk Gov. We will bite you in the singing silence of the Ukrainian night.” He also tweeted: “What does a bunch of little Kremlin devils have to do with the Christian holiday of Christmas? Ukrainian officials have previously dismissed such Russian moves as playing for time to regroup their invasion forces and prepare additional attacks. At various points during the war that began Feb.