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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting
with Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov in Moscow,
Russia, January 3, 2023. Sputnik/ Aleksey Babushkin/ Kremlin via
REUTERS/ train print
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
Russian colors must hold fire for 36 hours from 1200 on Jan. 6, the Kremlin said.
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Many Orthodox Christians, including those living in Russia and Ukraine, celebrate Christmas on Jan. 6- 7.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on Thursday for both sides of the war in Ukraine to observe a Christmas warefare, a step dismissed by Kyiv as a negative trap.
" Taking into account the appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, I instruct the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation to introduce a ceasefire goverment along the entire line of contact of the parties in Ukraine from12.00 on January 6, 2023 to24.00 on January 7, 2023," Putin said in the order.
" pacing from the fact that a large number of citizens professing Orthodoxy live in the areas of incident, 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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