The religious chief calls for a ceasefire between noon on Friday and midnight on Saturday. Likewise, Erdogan has asked Putin for a unilateral ceasefire. Ukrainian intelligence, for its part, has said more attacks are likely on Russian soil.
Euskaraz irakurri: Errusiako Eliza ortodoxoko patriarkak su-etena proposatu du Eguberri ortodoxoarekin bat eginez
The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, today called for a day and a half truce between Friday and Saturday on the occasion of the celebration of Orthodox Christmas. Likewise, Turkish President Erdogan has asked his counterpart Putin for a unilateral ceasefire. In this context of ceasefire calls, Ukrainian intelligence has assured that more attacks are likely to take place on Russian territory, without specifying whether the Ukrainians would be behind them.
The ceasefire proposed by the religious leader so that believers can go to the temples on Christmas Eve and Christmas would come into force at 12:00 p.m. from Moscow (10:00 am in Euskal Herria) January 6 and it would spread until 24:00 hours (10:00 p.m. in the Basque Country) from day 7.
“I, Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, call on all parties involved in this internal conflict to ceasefire and establish a truce by Christmas,” he said in a message posted on the website of the Russian Orthodox Church. .
Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Eve on January 6 and Christmas on January 7.
If the ceasefire proposal is successful, it would be the first since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Erdogan asks Putin for a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin for a unilateral ceasefire. In a telephone interview, Erdogan has told Putin that calls for peace and negotiations must be backed by a truce.
Erdogan and the Russian president have spoken repeatedly since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. In addition, Turkey acted as a mediator with the United Nations to establish an agreement to allow the export of grain from Ukrainian ports.
Ukrainian intelligence assures that there will be more attacks on Russian territory
The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, has assured that more attacks are likely to take place on Russian territory, although he has clarified that, in any case, he could only speak of his country’s responsibility in these incidents when the war I finished.
Budanov made these statements in an interview with the American chain ABC News, in which they spoke of some attacks that occurred in Russian territory, which Moscow has attributed to Ukraine and for which kyiv has not been held responsible.
On the other hand, he has announced that Ukraine is preparing for a “more intense” counteroffensive starting in March. “Our goal, and we will achieve it, is to return to the 1991 borders, as Ukraine is recognized by all subjects of international law,” Budanov said.
Source: Eitb
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