Russia-Ukraine war latest news: Vladimir Putin orders a ceasefire in homage to Orthodox Christmas and asks Ukraine to do the same. The first Ukrainian response not long in coming: “Moscow hypocrite. He withdraws and he will 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 from 12:00 on January 6, 2023 to 24:00 on January 7, 2023, a ceasefire along the entire line of contact with Ukraine,” the instructions read. of the President of the Russian Federation,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 attend Christmas Eve services.
This is the latest statement by the Russian president. It comes after, in the morning, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had asked his Russian counterpart to declare a "unilateral" ceasefire in Ukraine. "President Erdogan has said that calls for peace and negotiations should be supported by a unilateral ceasefire and a vision for a just solution," the Turkish presidency reported, reporting the contents of a telephone conversation between the two leaders.
Meanwhile, the US president Joe Biden, said the United States is considering sending Bradley combat vehicles to support Ukraine, while Estonia's foreign and justice ministries are working to develop a legal basis for using frozen Russian funds in Estonia as a result of the sanctions introduced by the European Union.
Kiev: “Moscow hypocritical. Withdraw and you will have a truce”
“Russia must withdraw from the occupied territories, only then will it have a 'temporary truce'. Keep your hypocrisy." This was stated by the Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, to the announcement of Putin's ceasefire for the Orthodox Christmas. “Ukraine does not attack foreign territories and does not kill civilians. As does the Russian Federation. Ukraine destroys only those belonging to the occupation forces on its territory,” Podolyak added.
