President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia called for a cease-fire in Ukraine to celebrate Orthodox Christian Christmas. A senior Ukrainian official dismissed the move as “hypocrisy.”Credit…Tyler Hicks/The New York Times President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday ordered his military to implement a 36-hour cease-fire along the front line in Ukraine for Orthodox Christmas, […]
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Putin Orders an Expansion of Russia’s Hard-Hit Armed Forces
The decree suggests that President Vladimir V. Putin expects a prolonged war in Ukraine, but he stopped short of full mobilization, and it was not clear how the military would reach his goal.