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Russia-Ukraine war: Putin offers Orthodox Christmas truce, Ukraine rejects it as 'hypocrisy'

Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in nothing but a pair of blue swimming trunks, submerged himself in icy water on Tuesday to fulfil an Orthodox Christian ritual to mark the feast of Epiphany.

Watch: Russian President Vladimir Putin submerges himself in icy water to mark Orthodox Epiphany

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Russia-Ukraine war: Putin offers Orthodox Christmas truce, Ukraine rejects it as 'hypocrisy'

Watch: Russian President Vladimir Putin submerges himself in icy water to mark Orthodox Epiphany