Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a brief ceasefire in Ukraine on Orthodox Christmas, celebrated this week with the aid of using each countries, in keeping with the Kremlin.This is the primary time Russia brought a complete ceasefire in Ukraine because the release of the offensive in February final year.

The statement comes following a request for a ceasefire for the duration of the spiritual excursion from Russia`s 76-year-vintage Orthodox chief Patriarch Kirill.

I train the defence minister of the Russian Federation to introduce from 12:00 (0900 GMT) on January 6, 2023 till 24:00 (2100 GMT) on January 7, 2023 a ceasefire alongside the whole line of touch among the edges in Ukraine,” the Kremlin stated in a assertion.

Given the reality that a big wide variety of residents professing Orthodoxy stay withinside the regions of combat, we name at the Ukrainian facet to claim a ceasefire and deliver them the possibility to wait church offerings on Christmas Eve, in addition to at the Day of the Nativity of Christ,” the assertion added.

In a name with the Russian chief in advance Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pressed Putin to claim a “unilateral” ceasefire in Ukraine.