The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on Jan. 7.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an Orthodox Christmas mass in a church at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, near Moscow, on January 7, 2022. on Thursday ordered Moscow’s armed forces to observe a 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday, the first such sweeping truce move in the nearly 11-month-old war.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak dismissed Kirill's call as "a cynical trap and an element of propaganda." President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had proposed a Russian troop withdrawal earlier, before Dec. 25, but Russia rejected it.Listen to the entire speech from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his address to a joint meeting of Congress.
Erdogan also told Zelenskyy later by telephone that Turkey was ready to mediate a "lasting peace." Erdogan has made such an offer frequently. It has already helped broker a deal allowing Ukraine to export millions of tons of grain, and it has facilitated a prisoner swap. Local residents load belongings in their car next to a damaged residential building in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, on January 5, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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