A cessation of hostilities in Ukraine ordered by President Vladimir Putin on the eve of Orthodox Christmas took effect on Friday morning. Russia will be observing the truce for 36 hours, from 12:00 on January 6 until midnight on January 7.

The president’s ceasefire order was issued on Thursday after an appeal by Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church. “We call upon the Ukrainian side to proclaim a cessation of hostilities and give them [Orthodox Christians] the opportunity to attend services on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day,” a Kremlin statement read.

The Russian truce has been rejected by Kiev, with officials calling it “hypocritical,” and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky describing the offer as a military ruse. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden suggested that by seeking a pause, Putin “is trying to find some oxygen.”

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In a statement on Thursday, Russia’s ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, claimed the Biden administration’s reaction shows the US “is committed to fighting with Moscow ‘to the last Ukrainian,’” while not caring about the eventual fate of the Ukrainian people.



Meanwhile, Denis Pushilin, the acting leader of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), stated that his troops would not conduct any offensive actions during the truce, while not letting any Ukrainian provocations go unanswered. Russian forces will not allow “the enemy any chance to use the holiday hours to improve its positions along the line of contact,” he added.

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4 COMMENTS

  1. @armair
    «… life is absolutely normal. No sanctions at all, etc…»

    And is that a problem?
    The problem of not having an absolutely normal life is on the other side. it’s in the U.S. and Europe where, certainly, the sanctions kick in.
    That’s why drop the exterminate them all.
    Willard meant the evil of the kurtz camp, Survikin will hopefully proceed to make de-cephalous, or more onerous, the toy that realizes the proxy war of NATO and the whole “West”

  2. It is not a peace offering, but 36 hours of respite for Orthodox Christmas. Next, O Willard – Surovikin, Drop the bomb, exterminate them all.

    • Absolutely right, my friend. But the problem is that ~50% of Russians still think the war is somewhere there. If you look at Moscow (and I’m here for vacations) – life is absolutely normal. No sanctions at all, etc…

  3. Zelensky the Jew has rejected Putin’s peace offer. I hope this message will resonate between the opposing Christian Slavs, ‘Why are you killing your brother, for the Jew, for the cabal elite?

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