An aide to the Ukrainian president on Thursday called the announcement of a Russian ceasefire in Ukraine on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas “hypocrisy” and called on Russian troops to leave the country.
“Russia must leave the occupied territories, and only then will a ‘temporary truce’ be possible. Maintain your hypocrisy,” he wrote on Twitter.
Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed on Thursday that Russian troops deployed in Ukraine must observe a 36-hour ceasefire between noon on January 6 and midnight on January 7.
In a statement, the Russian Presidency (Kremlin) stated that Putin responded to an appeal by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Cyril, released this morning.
Source: TSF
