“It’s not once a year that we should have peace without killing people,” Kharkiv resident Ievgeni Lutsenko proclaimed Thursday on BFMTV, just minutes after the Russian president’s announcement.
Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his forces to implement a ceasefire in Ukraine on January 6 and 7 on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas, following a request to that effect from Patriarch Kirill, the Kremlin said.
“In view of the call of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, I order the Russian Defense Minister to introduce a ceasefire regime along the entire line of contact between the parties in Ukraine from 12:00 on January 6. of this year until midnight on January 7. he said he in the Kremlin statement.
36 hours of “absurd”
In Ukraine, this temporary peace is very badly received, since the inhabitants distrust the master of the Kremlin since the beginning of the Russian invasion on Ukrainian soil.
“We do not believe a single word” of what was said, Alina, a resident of Kyiv, confided to our antenna. Therefore, she joins Ievgeni Lutsenko: “We do not believe that Putin […] It’s a manipulation, a joke.”
“They’ll stop killing us for a few hours and then start again,” Alina wailed.
According to the young woman, who is not religious, Ukrainians should not gather in churches to celebrate Orthodox Christmas. She stated: “With air alerts, the best thing to do is take cover.”
However, if Vladimir Putin’s troops really respected their commitment, “it would be great,” the Kharviv resident considered, even if “this war should stop without pause.”
Source: BFM TV
