A unilateral Russian ceasefire ordered by President Vladimir Putin has come into power alongside all the entrance as of midday Moscow time (0900 GMT), Russian state tv mentioned.

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“At midday as we speak, the ceasefire regime got here into power on all the contact line,” Russia’s state First Channel mentioned. “It can proceed till the top of January 7.”