Little let-up in fighting as Ukraine, Russia mark Orthodox Christmas

Despite Putin's ceasefire order, war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine saw no significant let-up in the fighting as AFP journalists in the town of Chasiv Yar south of the frontline city of Bakhmut heard heavy artillery fire throughout much of Saturday morning.

The service is expected to anger the Moscow Patriarchate. Located in the capital Kyiv, the monastery used to be the seat of a branch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Chuch that was previously under Moscow's jurisdiction but which severed ties after Russia invaded Ukraine in February.Ukrainian worshippers hailed the mass."This is a truly historic event, which I think every Ukrainian has been waiting for.

The congregation numbered just nine, down from its pre-war total of 100, as many residents have fled to safer territory. Even the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has sought to distance itself from Russia. But the branch has still come under pressure from Ukrainian authorities. The general staff of Ukraine's armed forces said Russia launched one missile strike and fired 20 rounds from multiple rocket launchers over the past 24 hours.

Ukraine has dismissed the ceasefire -- due to last until the end of Saturday -- as a tactic by Russia to gain time to regroup its forces.

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