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Russia says it has started brief Ukraine cease-fire that Kyiv scorned

Russia said its troops stopped fighting in Ukraine at noon Moscow time Friday under President Vladimir Putin’s order of a 36-hour cease-fire for the Orthodox Christmas holiday. Kyiv dismissed the offer as a ploy.

Tribune News Service

What does Russia’s ceasefire declaration mean for Ukraine?

Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Vladimir Putin of seeking to halt Kyiv’s progress in Donbas with disingenuous call for temporary halt to conflict to accommodate Orthodox Christmas

The Independent UK

Russia says Ukraine shells its positions during Moscow's unilateral ceasefire

Russia said Ukraine shelled Russian military positions on Friday during a 36-hour ceasefire unilaterally declared by President Vladimir Putin, which Kyiv and its allies have dismissed as a sham.

Reuters

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Kremlin-Ordered Truce Is Uncertain amid Mutual Mistrust

An uneasy calm in Kyiv on Friday was broken by air-raid sirens that also blared across the rest of Ukraine despite a Russian ceasefire declaration for the Orthodox Christmas, a truce scorned by Ukrainian officials as a ploy. No explosions were heard in the capital, however. And reports of sporadic…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia sends more troops to Belarus as fears of new attack grow

Ukraine says Belarus could be used as a staging post by Moscow for an offensive from the north, opening up a new front.

Al Jazeera

What awaits Ukraine in 2023?

Ukrainians are confident they will win the war, but fears of a renewed Russian offensive in 2023 are growing.

Al Jazeera

US slams 'cynical' ploy as Ukraine shelling continues despite Russian truce claim

The United States said reports of continued shelling in eastern Ukraine on Friday showed that a ceasefire announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin to coincide with Orthodox Christmas was merely a "cynical" ploy to gain time. Earlier, Washington announced a new military assistance package for Ukraine worth an estimated 3…

France 24

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Russian ceasefire comes into force in Ukraine - state TV

A unilateral Russian ceasefire ordered by President Vladimir Putin has come into force along the entire front as of noon Moscow time (0900 GMT), Russian state television said.

Reuters

US Asserts Iran Presents One of its Most Complex Challenges

US administration described Iran as "one of the most complex challenges," stressing that military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow had become a significant obstacle to a possible return to the 2015 nuclear deal. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley is currently focusing heavily on supporting the rights of the Iranian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Says Putin Trying to Find ‘Oxygen’ with Truce Proposal

US President Joe Biden suggested Vladimir Putin's struggle in Ukraine after 10 months of war and thousands of lives lost had prompted the Russian president to offer a 36-hour truce, saying, "I think he's trying to find some oxygen." The Kremlin said Putin had ordered a ceasefire from midday on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdogan: Leaders of Türkiye, Syria Could Meet for Peace

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syria's Bashar al-Assad as part of a new peace process, after their defense ministers met last week for the highest-level talks between the two foes since the Syrian war began in 2011. In a speech in Ankara, Erdogan said the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Idaho murders – update: Bryan Kohberger affidavit reveals new details as bloody mattresses removed from house

Bryan Kohberger is accused of murdering Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in Moscow, Idaho

The Independent UK

A Moscow diary: fear, loathing and deep denial

Champagne still flows at elite parties in the Russian capital, as cowed critics only speak openly in their own homes

Financial Times

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Putin’s 36-hour truce is a tactical ploy

Ukrainian leader says the war will end when Russian troops leave Ukraine or ‘we throw them out’.

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The Independent UK

Russia’s 36-hour ceasefire plan will do nothing for peace, says James Cleverly

President Vladimir Putin has ordered Moscow’s armed forces to observe the 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine this weekend.

Tribune News Service

Bryan Kohberger, accused of killing 4 University of Idaho students, hears murder charges read in court

MOSCOW, Idaho — Quadruple homicide suspect Bryan Kohberger nodded along in a Latah County courtroom Thursday morning as a judge read the five charges against him: four counts of murder in the first degree and a felony burglary charge in the killing of four University of Idaho students.

The Independent UK

UN disbands prison killings probe in Ukraine over security

The United Nations has announced it is disbanding a fact-finding mission requested by Russia and Ukraine to investigate the killings at a prison in eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed separatists

Tribune News Service

Putin orders a surprise 36-hour cease-fire for Orthodox Christmas

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.

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DNA evidence, cellphone records led to University of Idaho homicide suspect’s arrest, document shows

MOSCOW, Idaho — A court document that explains the Moscow Police Department’s step-by-step investigation into the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students was released Thursday morning, shortly before the suspect in the killings appeared in an Idaho court for the first time.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine rejects Putin’s 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas

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

Reuters

U.N. chief disbands fact-finding mission into Ukraine prison attack

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has disbanded a fact-finding mission into a July attack in the front-line Ukrainian town of Olenivka that killed prisoners held by Moscow-backed separatists, because the U.N. mission cannot deploy to the site, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Bryan Kohberger faces crying Idaho murder victims’ families in court after affidavit reveals horror details

Kohberger was ordered to be held without bond and a status hearing was set for 12 January

WEKU

Investigators reveal new information they say ties Idaho killings to Bryan Kohberger

One of the victims' roommates saw a strange man in the house that night, and a DNA sample from a knife sheath found in a victim's bed appears to be a strong match for Kohberger, investigators say.

Al Jazeera

Erdogan says he may meet Syria’s Assad for ‘peace’ in the region

Turkish president says he could hold talks with Syrian leader within a new process launched in Moscow last week.

The Independent UK

Bryan Kohberger’s DNA found on knife sheath left behind by killer in Idaho student’s bedroom, say police

A statement from Moscow Police Officer Brett Payne was released on Thursday in support of Mr Kohberger’s arrest affidavit, revealing new details about the murders and the crime scene

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