Image source, EPA By Will Vernon in Moscow & Samuel Horti in London BBC News Russian President Vladimir Putin hasactually bought his defence minister to enforce a 36-hour ceasefire on the Ukrainian front line. The ceasefire – from 12: 00 Moscow time (09: 00 GMT) – corresponds with the Russian Orthodox Christmas. Mr Putin asked Ukraine to reciprocate, however Kyiv rapidly turneddown the demand. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky stated the truce was an effort to stop his nation’s military advances in the east of the nation. The Kremlin declaration appeared to tension that President Putin bought his soldiers to stop combating not because he was de-escalating – Putin neverever de-escalates – however since he had listened to an appeal from the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Patriarch Kirill had, earlier in the day, called for a Christmas truce to permit followers to goto services for Orthodox Christmas. Mr Putin’s order called on Ukraine to reciprocate so that the “large numbers of Orthodox followers [who] live in locations where hostilities are taking location” might commemorate Christmas Eve on Friday and Christmas Day on Saturday. But in his nighttime video address, President Zelensky stated that Russia desired to usage the truce as a cover to stop Ukrainian advances in the eastern Donbas area and bring in more guys and devices. The Russian Orthodox Church – the biggest of the Eastern Orthodox Churches – commemorates Christmas Day on 7 January, according to the Julian calendar. Some individuals in Ukraine commemorate Christmas o
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