Latest from Ukraine: Orthodox Christmas ceasefire ends without interruption in fighting

The ceasefire, announced unilaterally by Russia, ended at 21:00 GMT (18:00 Brasília) amid exchanges of criticism from Ukrainians to the Russians for not having respected it and from Moscow to Kiev for not allowing its application.

“The world could see again how misleading the statements of the high command in Moscow are,” accused the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in a video message posted on social media.

A Russia “he spoke of a supposed ceasefire, but in reality he bombed Bakhmut (east of the country) and other Ukrainian positions,” he added.

After the president's ceasefire announcement Vladimir Putin, the first since the start of the Russian offensive in February, Ukrainian authorities questionThey criticized the sincerity of the truce and considered it a tactic to buy time.

Latest from Ukraine: Bombings continue in Ukraine, despite the truce declared by Russia

Bombings continued this Friday (6) on both sides of the “front” in Bakhmut, the epicenter of fighting in eastern Ukraine and other parts of the country, despite the unilateral ceasefire decreed by Russia on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas.

According to the Ukrainian prosecutor's office, two people died and 13 were injured on Friday (6) in Bakhmut, a city largely devastated by fighting and where both sides are suffering major losses.

Russian armed forces also shelled the Kherson (South) region on Friday (6), killing a rescuer and injuring seven people, Ukrainian authorities reported.

(To AFP)

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