Less than an hour after Russia started at noon this Friday the 36 hour ceasefire unilaterally ordered by Vladimir Putin throughout the “line of contact & rdquor; from the front in Ukraine, the anti-aircraft sirens rumbled again throughout the Ukrainian territory. The preventive alarms did not translate into bombings immediately, but they did serve to make clear the local mistrust before the intentions of Kremlin, which were not long in justifying themselves. Various information indicates that the artillery continued hammering various points on the front in the Donbas, the eastern region where the hardest fighting has been concentrated for months. Both sides accused each other of starting hostilities during the truce.
That truce had been stillborn, after kyiv refused to join because they did not see behind the ceasefire decreed by Putin to allow the celebration of the orthodox christmas more than a “cynical & rdquor; to advance your interests. “Now they want to use Christmas as a cover to stop the advance of our troops in Donbas for a while and bring equipment, ammunition and mobilize their people closer to our positions,” said the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelinsky, Thursday night. “They seek to continue the war with renewed vigor & rdquor ;. His lieutenants later stated that Moscow plans to attack churches during Orthodox Christmas and urged people to avoid crowded places.
The truth is that the weapons did not fall silent, as they have not done for a single day since the start of the Russian invasion almost 11 months ago. News agencies, with reporters on the ground, reported intense exchanges of fire in the eastern city of bakhmutwhere the biggest battle in recent months is being fought, as well as in Donetsk, where the artillery raged again. In the neighboring region of luganskits governor assured that, during the first three hours of the unilateral truce, the Russian forces they fired artillery 14 times and broke into one of the towns in the province. “This is how the orthodox assassins They congratulate you on Christmas & rdquor ;, Governor Serhiy Haidai wrote on his Telegram account.
Madvedev’s insults
The Russian Defense Ministry defended itself by stating that its military is dedicating itself solely to repel Ukrainian attacks, a statement difficult to verify. “The hand of the christian compassion spread to the Ukrainians, but the pigs they have no faith or an innate sense of gratitude,” said the former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, calling “pigs” Y “clowns & rdquor; the leaders of the country that their military is plundering and destroying. Hours before the supposed pause began, his forces bombed a fire station in the southern city of Khersonwhere a worker died, and a dozen houses in kramatosk (East).
With the credibility of the Kremlin long in tatters, Ukraine’s various allies speculated on the ulterior motives of the Russian ceasefire. “I think Putin is trying to find some oxygen,” said the president Joe Biden from washington. “Everything seems to be an attempt by Russia to gain timeregroup their troops and try to repair their damaged international reputation & rdquor ;, he said Josep Borrell, the representative of European foreign policy, after calling it a “hypocrite & rdquor; and “not credible & rdquor; the Kremlin announcement. The Institute for the Study of Warbased in the US, framed the initiative in the propaganda war waged by both parties by noting that Putin would have tried with the ceasefire to “present Ukraine as inflexible and reluctant to take the necessary steps to establish talks”.
Best weapons for Ukraine
Be that as it may, the truce will expire at midnight from Saturday to Sunday to remain as a brief footnote in the history of a conflict that is bound to escalate as soon as the weather permits. St nicolas has arrived loaded with gifts for ukrainians the kind of gifts that could tip the contest in their favor. After many months of reluctance on the part of his western allies to deliver them combat vehicles for the infantry and tankswhich has forced Ukraine to depend on its old soviet carsthe pattern has changed.
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So much USA What France Y Germany have announced that they will send armored combat vehicles to kyiv Bradley Y Bastionas well as armored marder for troop transportation. “The time of taboo in regards to the weapons of our allies has passed & rdquor ;, he proclaimed euphorically on social networks, Dmytro Kuleba. “The first week of 2023 demonstrates this & rdquor ;.
The Ukrainian General Staff He has been insisting for some time that it is necessary to strengthen the capabilities of his army so that he can win the war. And the West seems increasingly in favor of the job, having decided that there is no alternative to kyiv Victory, although some products on that shopping list, such as air combat fighters or the long range missilescontinue to be anathema.