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Putin orders weekend truce in Ukraine; Kyiv won't take part
By Andrew Meldrum
Patriarch Kirill: The politically influential head of the Russian Orthodox Church
By Elie Saikali
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Putin’s 36-hour truce is a tactical ploy
Ukraine rejects Putin’s 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas
By Pjotr Sauer
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Ukraine war: The Christmas ceasefire that wasn't
By James Waterhouse
Putin Orders 36-Hour Cease-Fire as Ukraine Pressures Russian Troops
By Ann M. Simmons & Alistair MacDonald
Russia launches strikes in Ukraine in violation of self-declared ceasefire
By Emma Graham-Harrison
Putin has only 1 option left but won't accept it, says Ukraine's foreign minister
By Mary Louise Kelly
U.S. announces new aid to Ukraine; Zelenskyy rejects Russia's cease-fire as a 'cover'
By Natasha Turak & Amanda Macias
Putin calls for Ukraine cease-fire to mark Russian Orthodox Christmas
By Max Burman & Corky Siemaszko
Russia-Ukraine War: Russian Shelling Undercuts Putin's Cease-Fire Order (Published 2023)
By Andrew E. Kramer, Julian E. Barnes & Anatoly Kurmanaev
Russia-Ukraine updates: Ukraine slams Putin’s Christmas ceasefire
By David Child & Linah Alsaafin
Ukraine war: Kyiv rejects Putin's Russian Orthodox Christmas truce
By Will Vernon & Samuel Horti
Kyiv dismisses Putin’s call for 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine as ‘hypocrisy’
By Anna Chernova, Sebastian Shukla & Yulia Kesaieva
Russian patriarch calls for Orthodox Christmas truce in Ukraine
By Guy Faulconbridge & Alex Richardson
Shells fly at Ukraine front despite Putin's truce
By Herbert Augusto Villarraga
Putin's call for Orthodox Christmas truce in Ukraine greeted with scepticism
By Pavel Polityuk & Herbert Augusto Villarraga
Putin orders ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas - Kremlin
By Guy Faulconbridge
Russia-Ukraine War: Putin Orders Brief Unilateral Cease-Fire; Ukraine Calls It 'Hypocrisy' (Published 2023)
By Anushka Patil, Lara Jakes & Anatoly Kurmanaev
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 321 of the invasion
By Léonie Chao-Fong