Russia laid an emphasis on the destructive role of Western countries who have been pumping the Kyiv regime with weapons and military hardware as well as providing it with operational information and assigning targets to it."
The Kremlin said in a statement that during a Thursday phone call, Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan "discussed the situation around Ukraine. Russia's planned cease-fire did not seem to signal a step toward ending the war. Skotarenko said that "the only positive thing from this possible cease-fire is that our guys may have a day or two for rest and reset." The provocations will happen for sure."įrom the beginning of the invasion through Monday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights " recorded 17,994 civilian casualties in Ukraine: 6,919 killed and 11,075 injured." However, the office "believes that the actual figures are considerably higher." "Their soldiers here on the ground will continue to fire mortars. And this temporary measure won't change anything," Pavlo Skotarenko, a resident of the Ukrainian region where at least four people were killed Thursday, told the network by phone. "They shell us every day, people die in Kherson every day. Ukrainian citizens and soldiers who spoke with CNN expressed skepticism that Putin's directive will actually halt fighting. RF must leave the occupied territories-only then will it have a 'temporary truce.' Keep hypocrisy to yourself." Ukraine destroys only members of the occupation army on its territory. Ukraine doesn't attack foreign territory and doesn't kill civilians. Thus, ROC's statement about 'Christmas truce' is a cynical trap and an element of propaganda."Īfter the Kremlin's decision, Podolyak added: "First. "ROC called for the genocide of Ukrainians, incited mass murder, and insists on even greater militarization of RF. "ROC is not an authority for global Orthodoxy and acts as a 'war propagandist,'" Podolyak tweeted. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, responded to the developments Thursday by blasting both the ROC-known for its leader's close relationship with the Kremlin-and the Russian Federation (RF) cease-fire. The ministry also confirmed Thursday that troops have been instructed to observe the temporary cease-fire ordered by Putin.
Russia's Ministry of Defense said Monday that Ukrainian rockets killed 63 soldiers in Russian-occupied Donetsk. She noted that after Ukrainian missile strikes on January 1 killed scores of Russian troops in occupied territory, "he certainly doesn't want something like that to happen on Christmas." "Based on the fact that a large number of citizens professing Orthodoxy live in the combat areas," Putin continued, "we call on the Ukrainian side to declare a cease-fire and give them the opportunity to attend services on Christmas Eve, as well as on the Day of the Nativity of Christ."įor Putin, the offer is "a play at generosity for the public," Tatiana Stanovaya, founder of R.Politik political consultant, wrote in Telegram. The Russian president said in a statement that "taking into account the appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, I instruct the minister of defense of the Russian Federation to introduce from 12:00 Januuntil 24:00 January 7, 2023, a cease-fire along the entire line of contact between the parties in Ukraine."
Said that "I, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, call on all parties involved in the internecine conflict to establish a Christmas cease-fire from 12:00 pm Moscow time on January 6 to 12:00 am on January 7 so that Orthodox people could attend church services on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day." Putin's decision came after the head of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Under pressure from a key religious leader, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a 36-hour cease-fire for the war on Ukraine launched last February-a move swiftly criticized by an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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