Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Russian citizens to force the Kremlin to bring an end to the war now in its 11th month.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ordering a 36-hour Christmas Day cease-fire — celebrated on Jan. 7 in the Christian Orthodox tradition. But officials in Kyiv said Moscow will merely use the temporary halt to allow Russian troops to prepare for further hostilities.
“As of today, you have already lost almost 110,000 of your soldiers killed in this war,” Mr. Zelenskyy said Thursday in his regular address to the nation. “What will this (cease-fire) bring?