Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – President Russia Vladimir Putin orders temporary truce in Russia-Ukraine war. This will happen today, Friday (6/1/2023) and Saturday (7/1/2023).
The surprise announcement came Thursday local time. It is the Christmas of Orthodox Christians, which both countries celebrate this week, and the special request of the leader of the Russian Orthodox, Patriarch Kirill.
“You instruct the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation to introduce, from 12:00 on January 6, 2023 to 24:00 on January 7, 2023, a ceasefire along the lines of contact between the two sides in Ukraine,” Putin said. , the Kremlin said in a statement. , quoted AFP extension.
“Given that a large number of citizens professing Orthodoxy live in the combat zones, we ask the Ukrainian side to declare a ceasefire and give them the opportunity to participate in church services on Christmas Eve, as well as on Christmas Day of the Memorial of the Nativity of Christ,” the statement added.
This announcement also comes after a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He pressured Putin to declare a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine.
“President Erdogan has said that calls for peace and negotiations must be backed up by a unilateral ceasefire and a vision for a just solution,” the Turkish presidency said, citing Reuters.
Erdogan and Putin have spoken frequently since Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February. Turkey has acted as a joint UN broker to work out a deal that would have allowed the export of grain from Ukrainian ports.
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