Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Moscow's armed forces to observe a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine this weekend for the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday, the first such sweeping truce move in the nearly 11-month-old war.Kyiv indicated it would not follow suit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Moscow's armed forces to observe a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine this weekend for the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday, the first such sweeping truce move in the nearly 11-month-old war.Kyiv indicated it would not follow suit.