Russia: Vladimir Putin has ordered a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine, starting tomorrow

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A destroyed church in the village of Bohorodychne, Donetsk region on January 4 (Photo: AFP)

Vladimir Putin is believed to have ordered a ceasefire in Ukraine set to last 36 hours to celebrate the Russian Orthodox Christmas.

The Russian forces were told to withdraw from noon on 6 January until midnight on 7 January.

The Kremlin announced that the war tyrant had ordered his defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, to introduce a ceasefire regime along the entire line of contact.

He also called on Ukraine to reverse the ceasefire and allow the fighters to attend Christmas mass, in what was already described as “hypocrisy”.

His orders come as major new supplies of Russian armored vehicles, along with troops and weapons, have been transferred to Belarus.

Videos show Russian BTR-80K and BTR-82A amphibious armored personnel carriers moving by train.

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It is believed that the Kremlin is planning new attacks against Ukraine from the north.

But Belarus claimed that the weapons were provided to its forces for defensive purposes.

“The decision to create a regional grouping of forces on the territory of Belarus was made and is being implemented solely in order to strengthen the protection and defense of the United States, based on the situation near our borders,” the country’s Ministry of Defense said.

Personnel, weapons, military and special equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue to arrive in the Republic of Belarus.

Putin is believed to be planning new attacks from the north (Photo: AFP)

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The ministry said combat coordination activities were planned as well as exercises for the Air Force.

A statement added: “The joint training of the Belarusian and Russian components of the regional grouping of forces is complex in nature and includes not only the combat component, but also all supporting systems.”

Ukraine has not yet officially responded to Putin’s orders for a 36-hour ceasefire.

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Mykhailo Podolak, Volodymyr Zelensky’s advisor, stressed that Russia “must leave the occupied territories”, and only then will it have a “temporary armistice”.

“Keep the hypocrisy to yourself,” he wrote on Twitter.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Putin to implement a “unilateral ceasefire,” according to a statement from his office.

Erdoğan also later told Zelensky by phone that Turkey was willing to broker a “lasting peace” — an offer he made time and time again.

It has already helped broker a deal allowing Ukraine to export millions of tons of grain, and it has also facilitated a prisoner exchange.

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