The Russian-declared truce in the nearly 11-month war is due to continue until midnight on Saturday, Moscow time, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses the Kremlin of planning the pause 'to continue the war with renewed vigour'.
abc.net.au/news/russian-declared-ceasefire-begins-in-ukraine/101834454A unilateral, 36-hour Russian ceasefire ordered by President Vladimir Putin has come into force along the entire front, Russian state television says, which Ukraine has dismissed as a ploy.The ceasefire was due to begin at noon on Friday and continue through midnight on Saturday, Moscow time
Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Kremlin of planning the fighting pause "to continue the war with renewed vigour""At noon today, the ceasefire regime came into force on the entire contact line," Russia's state First Channel said.The Russian-declared truce in the nearly 11-month war was due to continue through until midnight on Saturday, Moscow time.
Mr Putin's announcement on Thursday — that the Kremlin's troops would stop fighting along the 1,100-kilometre frontline or elsewhere — was unexpected. It came after the Russian Orthodox Church head, Patriarch Kirill, proposed a cease-fire for this weekend's Orthodox Christmas holiday.However, Ukrainian and Western officials suspected an ulterior motive in Mr Putin's apparent goodwill gesture.
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