The warning was announced by Ukrainian lawmaker Kira Rudik when she posted a message on her Twitter account from the Ukraine Alert app containing bombing alerts issued by the Ukrainian authorities. All regions of the country are in red.
“This ceasefire Russia “Not with words, but with actions: sirens are sounding all over Ukraine right now,” he said. made it known
President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky He blamed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. using the ceasefire as a military strategy. “They want to use Christmas as a cover to stop the advance of our men in the Donbas, at least for a short time, and to bring equipment, ammunition and mobilized men closer to our positions,” he accused.
Russia is content to “respond” to Ukraine
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced Its troops are limited to responding only to Ukrainian attacks after the 36-hour unilateral ceasefire ordered by the Russian president came into effect.
“Even though it has been since 12:00 Moscow time (09:00 GMT)” The grouping of Russian troops observes the ceasefire, “The Kyiv regime continued to attack the population and the positions of the Russian troops with artillery fire,” he said.
from a place near the town of Novopavlivka in the Zaporozhye region of southern Ukraine, Ukrainian forces carried out eight artillery strikes, three of which were in the Lugansk region.
“With mutual fire, Russian troops destroyed the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where the attacks began.” Konashenkov said.
According to the Kremlin, Putin’s decision to declare a unilateral ceasefire was made in response to the objection of the Church patriarch. Russian Orthodox, Cyrillic, will hold a Christmas truce tomorrow Saturday until 24:00 (21:00 GMT).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Russia last night.Use Christmas as a cover to stop the advance of the Ukrainian Army and regroup their forces”.
“Now they want to use Christmas as a cover to halt the advance of our men in the Donbass, at least for a short time, and to bring equipment, ammunition and mobilized men closer to our positions. What will this bring? Another increase in the death toll,” the president said in his regular late-night speech.
Zelensky stressed “Everyone in the world knows how the Kremlin stopped the war to continue the war with renewed vigor.”
“There is no need for this (truce) to end the war faster. What is needed is for the citizens of Russia to find the courage to overcome their shameful fear of a man in the Kremlin for at least 36 hours, at least by Christmas.”