Vladimir Putin has ordered a short lived ceasefire within the battle in Ukraine to permit individuals to mark Orthodox Christmas, Russian media has reported.
The Russian chief referred to as on Kyiv to watch the proposed truce, which might run for 36-hours: From 12pm, January 6 to midnight on January 7.
Many Orthodox Christians, together with these residing in Russia and Ukraine, have fun Christmas on Jan 6 to 7, reasonably than on the finish of December.
The decision for a ceasefire adopted an earlier proposal by Russia’s non secular chief Patriarch Kirill for an Orthodox Christmas truce this week.
The step was dismissed by Kyiv as a cynical lure by Moscow.
Earlier on Thursday, it was reported that Russian president Putin had advised Turkish chief Recep Tayyip Erdogan he was open to peace dialogue with Ukraine, however provided that Kyiv accepts ‘new territorial realities’.
Erdogan, in the meantime, pressed Putin to declare a ‘unilateral’ ceasefire in Ukraine.
Erdogan spoke to each Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his newest makes an attempt as a mediator to dealer an finish to the 10-month battle, that started when the Russian despot ordered the invasion on February 24, 2022.
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