Vladimir Putin has ordered a temporary ceasefire in the war in Ukraine to allow people to mark Orthodox Christmas, in a move dismissed as ‘hypocrisy’ by Kyiv.
The Russian despot called on Ukraine’s forces to observe the proposed truce, which would run for 36-hours: From 12pm, January 6 to midnight on January 7. He ordered his defence minister Sergei Shoigu to introduce the ceasefire along the entire line of contact, the Kremlin reported.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak…