This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Thursday, January 5.
- President Vladimir Putin orders Russian troops to observe a ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas from January 6 to 7.
- Kyiv slams the truce proposal as “hypocrisy” and reiterates its call for Russian forces to withdraw from Ukraine.
- Putin says he is open to talks with Ukraine if Kyiv accepts territorial losses to Russia in the east and south.
- A married couple and their 12-year-old son have been killed by a Russian attack on a residential building in Kherson, a Ukrainian official says.
