A local resident walks in front of a destroyed building in the town of Lyman on Wednesday
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Russia has ruled out a “Christmas ceasefire” after nearly 10 months of war in Ukraine and rejected a call by Kyiv to start withdrawing troops as a step to end Europe’s biggest conflict since World War Two.
Russia and Ukraine are not currently engaged in talks to end the fighting, which is raging in the east and south with little movement on either side.
