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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Meldrum

Kremlin-ordered truce is uncertain amid suspicion of motives

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The impact of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire was in doubt Friday after Kyiv officials dismissed the move as a ploy but didn’t clarify whether Ukrainian troops would follow suit.

Moscow also didn’t say whether it would hit back if Ukraine kept fighting.

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