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Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Vladimir Putin of seeking to halt Kyiv’s progress in Donbas with disingenuous call for temporary halt to conflict to accommodate Orthodox Christmas

An uneasy calm in Kyiv on Friday was broken by air-raid sirens that also blared across the rest of Ukraine despite a Russian ceasefire declaration for the Orthodox Christmas, a truce scorned by Ukrainian officials as a ploy. No explosions were heard in the capital, however. And reports of sporadic…

Ukrainians are confident they will win the war, but fears of a renewed Russian offensive in 2023 are growing.

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”.

Officials accuse Moscow’s forces of firing on Ukrainian positions – with Kyiv clear it would not acknowledge ceasefire unilaterally ordered by Russian president

Ukrainian president accuses the Russian leader of wanting to halt Kyiv’s progress in eastern Ukraine

The impact of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire is in doubt

Ukraine dismissed as a trick a unilateral order by Russia for a 36-hour ceasefire starting on Friday and the leaders of the United States and Germany said they were sending armored fighting vehicles in a boost for the Kyiv government. The US weapons package, to be announced on Friday, is…

Putin called for a temporary ceasefire to mark Orthodox Christmas

Ukrainian leader says the war will end when Russian troops leave Ukraine or ‘we throw them out’.

Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire at the front line in Ukraine on Friday, even after Moscow said it had ordered its troops to stop shooting for a unilateral truce that was firmly rejected by Kyiv.