A truce ordered by Vladimir Putin was to begin at 10 a.m. on Orthodox Christmas.

Cover Image: Called-up reservists participate in a departure ceremony in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Sept. 27, 2022, during partial mobilization. STRINGER / AFP

That The first major ceasefire since the beginning of the country’s invasion Almost a year ago today, it went into effect at noon Moscow time (10 a.m. Paris time) and will run until midnight Saturday evening (10 p.m. Paris time).
This announcement comes After a call to this effect from Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, but a proposal by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “Considering the request of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, I instruct the Russian Defense Minister to introduce a ceasefire regime in all communications between the parties in Ukraine.”The Russian president announced, as quoted A statement from the Kremlin.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of using ” Christmas as an excuse Try to stop the progress temporarily” Ukrainian forces in Donbass. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced the ceasefire on Thursday “Can’t be taken seriously”.
Russian armistice “will do nothing” To progress towards “peace”London says. There will be no Russian notification “Advancing the Prospects of Peace”British Foreign Secretary James Wise said on Thursday. “Russia must permanently withdraw its forces, relinquish its illegal control of Ukrainian territory and end its barbaric attacks on innocent civilians.”The head of British diplomacy added in a statement posted on Twitter.
German diplomacy, for its part, “allegedly” A ceasefire will only bring “Neither Freedom nor Security”, US President Vladimir Putin assured “Looking for[ait] to get some air.”
Belarusian protester Ales Bialiatsky reappeared in public for the first time Since his arrest in July 2021. He was emaciated and pale-faced in a cage with white bars surrounded by four armed policemen.. The 60-year-old human rights activist was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2022 along with the Russian NGO and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Rights. He faces seven to twelve years in prison.
Washington and Berlin to send Bradley and Marauder combat vehicles to Ukraine Under international pressure to increase its military aid to Ukraine, Germany will also deploy a battery of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles. The Bradley fighting vehicle is medium armored and can serve as a reinforced personnel carrier on the battlefield. The Marder is a West German infantry fighting vehicle that entered service in the early 1970s.