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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has told Vladimir Putin that the war will only end “when your soldiers leave” in a fresh rejection of Friday’s supposed “temporary ceasefire”.

Officials accuse Moscow’s forces of firing on Ukrainian positions – with Kyiv clear it would not acknowledge ceasefire unilaterally ordered by Russian president

Russian authorities pardoned the first wave of former convicts who survived six months at the front in Ukraine, making good on a promise made to them by mercenary tycoon Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has sent thousands of troops to fight in the Kremlin’s invasion.

Putin proposes 36-hour ceasefire to mark Orthodox Christmas; Ukraine says ‘temporary truce’ only possible when Russia leaves occupied territory

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to cease fighting in Ukraine for 36 hours starting Friday at noon, Moscow time, but Kyiv quickly dismissed the move as a ploy, unlikely to slow a conflict that’s heading for its second year.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed doubt on Thursday that the rejection of Russia's proposed truce by an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reflected the Ukrainian leader's view, Interfax news agency reported.

Kyiv says Moscow’s declaration of truce, after Russian president cited appeal from patriarch, is ‘hypocrisy’

Over the holiday period, a pedal-powered Christmas tree became the symbol of Ukraine’s defiant resistance against Russia’s relentless bombing campaign which Vladimir Putin hoped would spoil everyone’s Yuletide. Usually the Orthodox church would celebrate Christmas on January 7, but a decision was made by the Ukraine church to give its…

A Ukrainian official dismissed the order as "hypocrisy."