"Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack. What could be more inhumane?" he continued. In 2022, Ukraine's Orthodox Church allowed Christmas to be celebrated on December 25 ...

After being accused of violating the last short-term truce, President Vladimir Putin says Russia will halt its war in Ukraine ...

The temporary truce began at 6 p.m. local time Saturday and was to run through midnight on Monday, Russian President Vladimir ...

Credit: AP In January 2023, Putin had ordered his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire for Orthodox Christmas. Zelenskyy had dismissed it as playing for time to prepare ...

Putin declared a unilateral truce to begin at 6 p.m. Moscow time. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said “Russian ...

its desire and ability to observe agreements and participate in a process of peace talks," Putin said. Previous attempts at holding ceasefires for Easter in April 2022 and Orthodox Christmas in ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, on Tuesday with gifts he asked the Patriarch to bless for troops fighting in Ukraine. The meeting at a Christmas ...