The Russian president's decision was announced by the Kremlin on Thursday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky passed a holiday truce proposal via the US.
The Russian dictator also dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's call for an Easter ceasefire, claiming the proposal was too vague to lead to a lasting peace.
He also said Ukraine and Russia should agree to a mutual halt on strikes against energy infrastructure to help relieve pressure building in oil and gas markets.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that Russia supplied Iran with satellite images of a US base in Saudi Arabia days before a vital spy plane was destroyed in a strike.
Volodymyr Zelensky said photographs of Diego Garcia were taken 'in the interests of Iran', along with images of bases in the Middle East housing American and British troops.