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Orthodox Christmas - Putin orders short ceasefire in Ukraine

2023-01-05T16:18:01.719Z


Orthodox Christmas - Putin orders short ceasefire in Ukraine Created: 05/01/2023 17:13 By: Bedrettin Bölükbasi Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. © IMAGO/Mikhail Klimentyev Russia's ruler Putin has ordered a ceasefire before the Orthodox Christmas. It is short, but should allow for a quiet celebration. Munich/Moscow – Unexpected developments in the Ukra


Orthodox Christmas - Putin orders short ceasefire in Ukraine

Created: 05/01/2023 17:13

By: Bedrettin Bölükbasi

Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a ceasefire in the Ukraine war.

© IMAGO/Mikhail Klimentyev

Russia's ruler Putin has ordered a ceasefire before the Orthodox Christmas.

It is short, but should allow for a quiet celebration.

Munich/Moscow – Unexpected developments in the Ukraine war: Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin announced a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine shortly before the orthodox Christmas celebrations.

In accordance with the appeal of the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, Putin ordered a ceasefire from Friday from 10:00 a.m. to Saturday at 10:00 p.m. (Central European Time), the Kremlin announced on Thursday (January 5).

The Russian army should therefore stop fighting on the entire front.

A large number of Orthodox people live in the area of ​​the fighting, the statement said, quoted by the Russian state agency TASS.

Therefore, the Ukrainian side is called on to also order a ceasefire and thus allow the population to attend church services.

However, the Ukrainian government is unlikely to heed the Kremlin's call.

Kyiv had already rejected such a ceasefire after Kirill called it a "cynical trap".

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The influential head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, had previously called for a ceasefire in Ukraine during the Orthodox Christmas celebrations so that believers could attend mass.

The Eastern Churches celebrate Christmas on January 7 according to the Julian calendar.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also called for a "unilateral ceasefire" in a telephone call with Putin on Thursday, although the statement by the Turkish President's Office did not make it clear that he was addressing the Russian side.

(bb/dpa)

Source: merkur

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