Russians are accused of firing despite Putin’s unilateral ceasefire

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07th Jan, 2023. 03:19 pm
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Ukrainian officials claim the Russians opened fire in several locations.
Air alerts were issued across Ukraine shortly after the apparent truce began.
According to Ukrainian officials, the eastern city of Kramatorsk was also attacked.

Ukraine War: Vladimir Putin unilaterally declared a cease-fire, but it appears to have had little impact because Ukrainian officials claim the Russians opened fire in several locations.

Russian official television said that the city of Donetsk had been damaged, and a Ukrainian rescue worker had been killed in the attack.

Russia issued a 36-hour unilateral cease-fire order to fall on the Orthodox Christmas.

Ukraine rejected it because Moscow may use it to reinforce its forces.

The Russian defense ministry stated that starting at noon Moscow time (09:00 GMT) on Friday, it was observing the cease-fire throughout the “line of contact.”

It said that only during the truce had its soldiers shot back against Russian positions after the Ukrainian army had assaulted them.

Air alerts were issued across Ukraine shortly after the apparent truce began, and the governor of the Kherson region said a strike on a fire station killed a rescuer and injured four others in the main city, which Ukrainian forces liberated in November.

According to Ukrainian officials, the eastern city of Kramatorsk was also attacked, and more than a dozen structures were destroyed.

Luhansk regional head Serhiy Haidai warned that Russia’s Christmas truce was “a lie and a trap”, telling citizens not to attend Orthodox Church services or gather in public locations as the Russians could organize “terrorist strikes”.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko warned that overnight temperatures in the capital would plummet to -11 degrees Celsius and urged residents to use electricity carefully.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said the truce was an attempt to halt his country’s military progress in the east and bring in more troops and equipment.

Artillery fire could be heard on both sides of the front line near the eastern city of Bakhmut, where Russian forces have concentrated much of their firepower in an attempt to advance west towards Kramatorsk.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force, said this week that Ukrainians have turned every house in the city into a fortress. Satellite photographs released on Friday revealed the aftermath of the war that began in August of last year.

Satellite photographs revealed the aftermath of the war that began in August of last year.

Despite Russian officials’ assurances that the cease-fire was still in effect, there was little sign of a major pause in hostilities.

“We’re two and a half hours into this announced truce, and Ukraine’s entire land is on high alert for air raids. So, I believe that speaks for itself “According to Ukrainian MP Inna Sovsun. “Basically, the Russians made up the ceasefire.”

According to the Julian calendar, the Russian Orthodox Church, the largest of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, celebrates Christmas Day on January 7th.

Some Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on December 25th, while others celebrate it on January 7th. Both days are national holidays in the United States.

For the first time this year, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine announced that its congregations will be able to celebrate Christmas on December 25th, as do some other religions in western Ukraine.

Russians are accused of firing despite Putin’s unilateral ceasefire

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