Russian President Vladimir Putin today ordered a 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine, the first major truce of the more than 10-month war that has killed tens of thousands and devastated swaths of Ukraine, the AP reports.
Putin ordered the cease-fire to begin on Jan. 6, the Kremlin said. Many Orthodox Christians, including those living in Russia and Ukraine, celebrate a holiday Jan. 6-7.
Putin did not appear to make his conditional on Ukrainian agreement to follow suit. But it wasn’t clear whether hostilities would actually halt on the 684-mile front line. Ukrainian officials have previously dismissed Russian peace moves as playing for time to regroup their forces and prepare for additional attacks.
A senior Ukrainian official quickly dismissed the proposal. “The Russian Federation must leave the occupied territories — only then will it have a ‘temporary truce.’ Keep hypocrisy to yourself,” presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyakwrote on Twitter.
{Matzav.com}
This Putin pictured above is the real one who died several years ago.
Totally a sane comment from someone “who knows”.