Putin has ordered a 36-hour-long truce in Ukraine over the upc | Business Insider

Putin has ordered a 36-hour-long truce in Ukraine over the upcoming Orthodox Christmas holiday. The ceasefire will last from 12 p.m. local time on January 6 until 12 a.m. local time on January 7.

The Kremlin's announcement of the upcoming ceasefire came after calls from the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, to temporarily stop fighting so people could attend church services, state media TASS reported.

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