Russia’s most secure cathedral was ordered to stage a midnight Orthodox Christmas service so President Vladimir Putin could worship alone. Putin attended the service at Moscow’s Cathedral of the Annunciation, originally designed as a church for the Russian tsars. Footage released by the Kremlin shows him standing alone as Orthodox priests in golden robes conducted a ceremony holding long candles. On the ground, Putin’s unilateral request for a 36-hour truce in Ukraine appears to have failed. Russia’s Defence Ministry has claimed its forces observed the ceasefire, but media reports say both sid…