Cynical trap: Kyiv reacts to Russian patriarch’s call for "Christmas truce"

That’s according to the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, Mykhailo Podolyak, as reported by Ukrinform.

"ROC is not an authority for global Orthodoxy & acts as a ‘war propagandist’. ROC called for the genocide of Ukrainians, incited mass murder & insists on even greater militarization of RF. Thus, ROC's statement about "Christmas truce" is a cynical trap & an element of propaganda.," the report says.

As previously reported, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill (Gundyaev) proposed that the warring sides cease fire and establish a truce from 12:00 on January 6 to 24:00 on January 7, "so that Orthodox people could attend services on Christmas Day." At the same time, Kirill does not refer to the hostilities as war, opting for an “internecine conflict.”