Ukraine reports attacks, and Russia claims to observe a truce on the first day of the unilateral ceasefire.

A temporary ceasefire imposed unilaterally by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas was due to begin this Friday, but the armies of both countries have reported attacks.

Russian attacks

The deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Kyrylo Timoshenko, condemned Russian troops attacking the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Friday. Ukraine.

“The occupiers fired rockets at the city twice,” the official said on social networks, adding that he got into a residential building, there were no casualties.

In addition, artillery shelling continued from both sides of the front in Bakhmut, the epicenter of the fighting in the east. Ukrainetrusted journalists from AFP.

Shots were heard from both sides after the theoretical start of a truce in this city, with the streets largely destroyed and deserted, although their intensity was less than in previous days. AFP.

“Kyiv continued to attack”

defense Department Russia said today that his troops are only limited to responding to Ukrainian attacks after a 36-hour unilateral ceasefire comes into effect.

“Despite the fact that since 12:00 Moscow time (09:00 Moscow time) the group of Russian troops has observed the ceasefire regime, the Kyiv regime continues to shell settlements and positions of Russian troops using artillery,” said the representative of this portfolio, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, whose words are quoted by the official agency TASS.

He clarified that from a place near the city of Novopavlovka, Zaporozhye region, in the south UkraineUkrainian forces carried out eight shelling attacks, three more in the Luhansk region.

“With return fire, Russian troops defeated the positions of the Armed Forces Ukraine where the shelling came from,” Konashenkov said.

According to the Kremlin, the decision Vladimir Putin The announcement of a unilateral ceasefire came in response to a call by Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church for a Christmas truce before midnight (21:00 Moscow time) tomorrow Saturday.

The president UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky, accused last night Russia try to “use Christmas as a cover” to stop the advance of the Ukrainian army and regroup their forces.

“Now they want to use Christmas as a cover to stop the advance of our guys to the Donbass at least for a while and bring equipment, ammunition and mobilized people closer to our positions. What will it give? Just another increase in the death toll,” he said. the president in his usual late-night speech.

Zelensky stressed that “everyone in the world knows how the Kremlin uses the stops in the war to continue it with renewed vigor.” (According to AFP and EFE)

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