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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rachael Burford

Ukraine and West dismiss Putin’s ‘ceasefire’ announcement as ‘cynical’ stunt

People look at destroyed Russian military vehicles at an open air exhibition in Kyiv on January 5

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has told Vladimir Putin that the war will only end “when your soldiers leave” in a fresh rejection of Friday’s supposed “temporary ceasefire”.

It comes as the UK and US also dismissed the Kremlin’s “cycnical” move to halt its invasion for 36 hours.

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