Putin orders ceasefire for two days; Zelensky and Biden criticize him

kyiv, Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to implement a ceasefire in Ukraine on January 6 and 7 for Orthodox Christmas, an announcement coolly received by kyiv.

Putin’s announcement was coolly received by the Ukrainian authorities.

Its president, Volodimir Zelenski, assured that it was only an “excuse to stop the advance” of the kyiv troops in Donbas and that it served to bring “equipment, ammunition and bring men closer to our positions.”

“What will be the result? More deaths,” he said.

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A few hours earlier, his adviser, Mikhailo Podoliak, called the announcement “hypocrisy” and insisted that Moscow’s troops should leave the country.

Russia must leave the occupied territories, only then will there be a “temporary truce”. Keep your hypocrisy to yourselves,” she wrote on Twitter.

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, did not receive the announcement with optimism either.

Vladimir Putin “was ready to bomb hospitals, nurseries and churches” on December 25 and on New Year’s Day, he criticized during a White House speech. “I think he’s looking for some oxygen,” he added.

Germany stated that the decision would no longer guarantee “freedom and security to the people.