The decision is in response to the call by the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, to establish a Christmas truce, which Orthodox believers celebrate on January 7. Immediately after the ceasefire came into force, Ukraine has attacked Russian positions in the Donbass.
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At 10:00 a.m. in the Basque Country (12:00 p.m. in Moscow) the 36-hour ceasefire ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin began along the entire front line in Ukraine.
According to the note from the Russian Presidency, the decision of the head of state is in response to the appeal of the patriarch of the orthodox church russian, Kirillto establish a Christmas truce, which Orthodox believers celebrate on January 7.
“Since a large number of Orthodox citizens live in the area of military actions, we call on the Ukrainian side to declare a ceasefire regime to allow them to go to temples on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day,” said the official statement.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr ZelenskyFor his part, he has accused his Russian counterpart of using the truce as a military strategy. “Those who continued the terror against our country and sent all those people of theirs to slaughter, rejecting our offers to stop the Russian aggression, certainly do not value life and definitely do not seek peace,” Zelensky said during his evening address to the ukrainians. Besides, Ukraine has carried out attacks in the Donbass once the ceasefire has entered into force.
“Now they want to use Christmas as a cover to stop, at least briefly, the advance of our men in Donbas and bring equipment, ammunition and mobilized men closer to our positions,” he charged.
In this sense, the Ukrainian president has indicated that “everyone knows how the Kremlin takes advantage of the breaks in the war to continue with renewed impetus.”
The general secretary of United NationsAntónio Guterres, has considered the ceasefire positive, but has admitted that for now the conditions for a lasting solution to the conflict do not exist.
“If there can be conditions so that people do not die at Christmas, that in itself is positive, but what fundamentally matters is a solution to the conflict and the solution is only possible on the basis of the United Nations Charter and International Law. “, Guterres has indicated,
“At this moment, the conditions for an immediately effective peace solution have not yet been created, but I hope it will be possible,” he added.
Source: Eitb
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