The Russian army on Friday assured that it was abiding by the two-day truce that Moscow unilaterally declared in Ukraine on the occasion of the old-style Orthodox Christmas, but accused Kyiv of continuing the bombings, AFP and Reuters reported.
“Despite the observance of the ceasefire regime by the Russian troops (…), the regime in Kyiv continued the bombing of Russian cities and positions,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
Before that, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko said that the Russian army bombed the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine twice on Friday after the unilateral ceasefire adopted by Moscow came into effect.
Also, according to AFP, after the truce came into effect, bombing was heard from both sides of the front in Bakhmut, the epicenter of hostilities in eastern Ukraine, writes Agerpres.
The unilateral ceasefire adopted by Russia in Ukraine on the occasion of the Orthodox Christmas in the old style was supposed to start at noon on Friday (12:00 Moscow time – 09:00 GMT), although Kyiv questioned the sincerity of the initiative. . Ukraine rejected this initiative as a “propaganda act”.
Air alarm in Ukraine
SkyNews and The Guardian are reporting airstrikes in parts of Ukraine, including Kyiv, just hours after Russia announced a ceasefire.
The editor-in-chief of the “New Voice of Ukraine” publication, Euan MacDonald, said that the alarm was caused by the launch of the MiG-31K combat aircraft in Belarus.
Russia accuses Ukrainian troops of attacking the Donetsk region just when the ceasefire came into force, reports the Russian news agency TASS.
The Russian military bombed a fire department in Kherson, there are victims, Interfax reports, The Guardian reports.
“The Russians have once again confirmed that they cannot be trusted. Kherson. Another shelling of our unit. The dead and wounded,” Serhii Kruk, head of the State Emergency Service, said.
He clarified that this is the second fire station in two days that the enemy fired at, “violating all the principles and norms of international law.”
According to SkyNews, at least one firefighter was killed and four others were injured.
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