“Taking into account the call of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, I have instructed the Defense Minister to order a ceasefire regime on the entire line of contact between the sides in Ukraine starting at 1200 (0900 GMT) on January 6. of this year until 24:00 (21:00 GMT) on January 7”, the Kremlin said in a statement.
This is the first ceasefire since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
In this context, Russia called on the Ukrainian side to also impose a ceasefire and allow citizens professing the Orthodox faith in the combat zone to visit churches.
In Russia, Patriarch Kirill, close to Putin, had earlier called for a ceasefire on the eve of Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated next Saturday.
The 76-year-old Orthodox leader called for the laying down of arms from 12 on January 6 to midnight on January 7
The ceasefire announcement comes days after a Ukrainian attack on New Year’s Eve killed at least 89 people in the town of Makiivka in the annexed Donetsk region.
In a rare occurrence, the Russian military admitted the tragic toll after the bombing and came under harsh criticism.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had also urged Putin today to declare a “unilateral” ceasefire in Ukraine.
Source: Ambito
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