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The Russian president complies with the request of Patriarch Kirill and declares a truce for Orthodox Christmas that Ukraine considers a “trap” and “hypocrisy”
There was already talk of a ceasefire on the occasion of the Christmas holidays, both Catholic and Orthodox, in kyiv last month, although the idea did not catch on in the Kremlin. But now, after being asked by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, and the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Russian top leader, Vladimir Putin, yes
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