 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his armed forces to observe a unilateral 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine this weekend for the Orsada Christmas holiday, the first such sweeping truce move in the nearly 11-months-old war. Kiev indicated it won't follow suit. Ukrainian officials have previously dismissed such Russian moves as playing for time to regroup their invasion forces and prepare additional attacks. State Department spokesman Ned Price said Washington had little faith in the intentions behind this announcement, adding that Kremlin officials have given us no reason to take anything they offer at face value. He told that the United States is concerned that the Russian Federation could use a temporary truce to regroup its troops and then launch an intensify attack. It does not appear to be a strategic change in Russia's plan or its approach, Price said. It appears to be in a bid to continue to do what it has inflicted upon the Ukrainian people for nearly a year now, as it seeks to rest, refit, regroup and ultimately re-attack.