According to the Ukrainian president, this ceasefire is only an “apology with the aim of at least stopping the advance of our troops in the Donbass and bringing equipment, ammunition, and bringing men closer to our positions”. .
By AFP
Lukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on Thursday following the various announcements made by Russia and its Western allies.
Earlier in the day, Vladimir Putin thus ordered a ceasefire in Ukraine for the Orthodox Christmas of January 6 and 7, lambasted by kyiv which denounces “hypocrisy” and a desire to gain time.
And the day after the announcement by France to send light tanks to Ukraine, the United States and Germany promised kyiv, in a joint press release, the delivery of armored infantry, of the Bradley type on the American side and of the model Marder on the German side. Berlin has also pledged to provide a Patriot air defense battery, as Washington has already done.
“A very important decision”
Volodymyr Zelensky immediately hailed “a very important decision”, thanking the American and German leaders.
He also lambasted the unilateral ceasefire announced by Vladimir Putin for Orthodox Christmas, which he said was only an “apology with the aim of at least stopping the advance of our troops in Donbass. and bring equipment, ammunition, and bring men closer to our positions”. “What will be the result? No more deaths,” he said.
War in Ukraine: Putin orders a ceasefire on January 6 and 7
The announcement of the ceasefire followed a call to this effect from the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, but also a proposal from the Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who telephoned Mr. Putin in the morning.
“In view of the appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, I instruct the Russian Minister of Defense to introduce a ceasefire regime along the entire line of contact between the parties in Ukraine from 12 p.m. on 6 January of this year until midnight on January 7,” said the Russian president, quoted in a statement from the Kremlin.
