UN, Jan 6 Kyiv authorities are ready to sacrifice their people and country for the sake of the geopolitical games of the West, refusing the Christmas truce, Dmitry Polyansky, the first deputy representative of Russia to the UN, wrote on Twitter. -nationalists who are ready to sacrifice their country and their people for the sake of Western geopolitical games, who have no respect for sacred things,» Polyansky said.
Yesterday, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' proposed to establish a Christmas truce from 12:00 on January 6 until 24:00 on January 7, so that «Orthodox people can attend services on Christmas Eve and the day of the Nativity of Christ.»
President Vladimir Putin then instructed Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to introduce a ceasefire along the entire line of contact Ukraine in the decree new time. In accordance with this instruction, a ceasefire order was issued to the Russian troops.
The head of state has repeatedly noted that Moscow is trying not to spin the flywheel of the Ukrainian conflict, but to end it. According to him, Russia has always been open to dialogue if the Kyiv regime matures before that.
Vladimir Zelensky in his evening address rejected Moscow's proposal, calling it a «cover» to strengthen Russian positions on the front line. Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, also stated a little earlier that Kyiv refuses to support the Christmas truce.
From February 24, a military special operation has been taking place in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called it the task of protecting people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years. According to the head of state, the ultimate goal is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee Russia's security.