Ukraine Rejects Putin's Call For 36-Hour Ceasefire During Russian Orthodox Christmas

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered Moscow's armed forces to hold a 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday, the Kremlin said. The Kremlin said the order, which was quickly dismissed by Ukraine, was in response to a proposal by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, earlier in the day, which was also dismissed by an official in the Ukrainian presidential office as propaganda.

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[FKCENSORSHIP]

The puppet masters won't allow that to happen! 🤷‍♂️

[overthemountainz]

Yeah more money for Ukraine and America goes further in debt 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[onequestion]

I decided to park my car in your garage and am going to leave it there for the holidays. We agree that you will leave it alone until I get back to take the rest of your property after the holiday.

[eh]

Bullies always call “truce” when they’re knocked down. Then they get up and try a sucker punch.

[WB_]

Russia never respects a ceasefire so why would Ukraine?

[fy]

Well on Christmas Eve Russia bombarded civilian areas with artillery

[josephjones]

Russia deserves no time to recollect and have a moments peace after invading Ukraine killing vast amounts of daughters, sons, mothers and fathers. Infants and children alike with no remorse

[ralphcantrell]

Now what if Ukraine sends missiles straight to Moscow's biggest church right in the middle of it all?

[Rainingdogsandcats]

I'd like to wipe that smug smile off Putin's face for once. Make him be the one to cry and go cold and hungry.

[melekisilaa]

Ceasefire in the middle of special military operation ? What a Joke.

[SincereSentinel]

Bad choice. You know what they say about Karma...

[Tr.ll..n]

And Mary said:

“My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.“

[petrusromanus]

Peace now. It is not in the interest of people from both side to have war, it is only the politicians' interest to have war. Show your desire to have peace in any form or means like protest and rally to force ceasefire and peace between Russia and Ukraine now. Stop politicians from continuing war with people power now.

[jamesdoeberling]

What kind of a Religious "Priest"i s this that will not condemn this human barbaric UNGODLY tragedy and becomes contributor to it.

[relicinn]

I think the lady on the right of putin might be having a heart attack

[marcuslegion]

Of course Ukraine did they imprisoned all of their priests

[righteousbyfaithinChrist]

That is correct... no cease fire...return fire...russia has not ceased.

[aurelianoii]

This is not "Russian" Orthodox Christmas. This is Orthodox Christmas, and that includes Russia, Ukraine, Serbia and many other countries. The denial of Ukraine does not only affect the Russian soldiers celebration, but also the Ukrainian ones.

[Luvmusic-fduo]

You invaded someone else' house and killed people. They fight you back at you, and then you say wait, let's take a break and pray to my god. That's how logic work in the Kremlin.

[joshuapaul]

Russia will probably liquidate Ukrainian state which wasn't Putin's initial plan, but it will eventually work out for Russia even better than what was planned. This Putin gesture (he knew perfectly well that it would be rejected by Zelenskyy regime) aims at winning hearts and minds of future Russian citizens. Ukraine already lost most trained and motivated soldiers along with almost all hardware it had before the war. Its army is a shadow of its former self at the beginning of the war. It accounts for catastrophic increase in military casualties along with inadequate erratic Zelenskyy and his nutty tactic of constantly throwing poorly trained (most don't have any training whatsoever; lucky ones have 5-week training at best. So poor fellows are just half-baked cannon fodder) Ukrainian reserves into a meat grinder and holding on to disadvantageous positions until it's too late. Zelensky banned marking of soldiers’ graves with Ukrainian flags (many bodies are deliberately left where they perished without a burial, it helps Zelenskyy not to pay even a meagre compensation to the families of the "missed in action") . Endless forests of flags at cemeteries across Ukraine proved to be too scary and demoralizing for those still desperately trying to escape forced conscription and bribe their way out of Zelenskyy dictatorship. Mass summary executions for attempted surrender or unauthorized retreat just cause further demoralization and despair. Bakhmut is just the last instance of this insane tactic.