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Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine rejects Vladimir Putin's truce to observe Orthodox Christmas Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his armed forces to observe a unilateral 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Orthodox Christmas holiday, the first such sweeping truce move in the nearly 11-month-old war. Kyiv indicated it wouldn't follow suit. 06/01/2023
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Now playing Next Russia Putin orders temporary ceasefire to mark Orthodox Christmas The ceasefire will last from noon on Friday until Sunday night. 05/01/2023
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