Russia-Ukraine War Breaking News: Vladimir Putin orders a ceasefire in honor of Orthodox Christmas and calls on Ukraine to do the same. Ukrainian response It doesn't take long to arrive: "Moscow, the hypocrite. Let him retreat and he'll have a truce."
“Taking into account the appeal of His Holiness the Patriarch Kirill, I have instructed the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation to introduce a ceasefire along the entire line of contact with Ukraine from 12:00 on January 6, 2023 to 24:00 on January 7, 2023,” the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation read,Vladimir Putin, to the Armed Forces, published on the Kremlin website. Russia then asked the Ukrainian side to do the same to allow citizens to participate in Christmas Eve services.
This is the Russian president's latest statement. It comes after the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had asked his Russian counterpart to declare a "unilateral" ceasefire in Ukraine. "President Erdogan said that calls for peace and negotiations should be supported by a unilateral ceasefire and a vision for a just solution," the Turkish presidency said, quoting the contents of a telephone conversation between the two leaders.
Meanwhile, the US president, Joe Biden, said the United States is considering sending Bradley fighting vehicles to support Ukraine, while the Estonian Foreign and Justice ministries are working to develop a legal basis for the use of Russian funds frozen in Estonia as a result of sanctions introduced by the European Union.
Kiev: "Moscow is a hypocrite. Withdraw and you'll get a truce."
"Russia must withdraw from the occupied territories; only then will it have a 'temporary truce.' Keep your hypocrisy," says a Ukrainian presidential advisor. Mykhailo Podolyak, upon Putin's announcement of a ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas. "Ukraine does not attack foreign territories or kill civilians, unlike the Russian Federation. Ukraine only destroys members of the occupation forces on its own territory," Podolyak added.
