We have other priorities to focus on.” In January 2023, Putin announced Russia would observe a 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas, though Ukrainian officials slammed the order as ...

Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same ...

In January 2023, Putin had ordered his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire for Orthodox Christmas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had stopped short of stating ...

Russia and Ukraine say they each swapped hundreds of prisoners in the largest exchange since the Russian full-scale invasion ...

Ukraine has previously been skeptical about such temporary pauses in conflict, having rejected a temporary ceasefire to coincide with the Orthodox Christmas holiday in January 2023, believing that ...