Russia’s defence ministry says troops observing 36-hour truce but returning fire when attacked
The military assistance announced by the White House was the biggest to date for Kyiv, and for the first time it included Bradley armoured vehicles armed with anti-tank missiles.In his nightly televised address on Friday, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy called it “a very powerful package”.
He thanked president Joe Biden, US legislators and “all the Americans who appreciate freedom, and who know that freedom is worth protecting”.Meanwhile, officials said it was unclear whether Moscow was abiding by an unilateral 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas which Ukraine denounced as a ploy.
He said that in the first three hours of the ceasefire’s supposed start on Friday, Russian forces shelled Ukrainian positions 14 times and stormed one settlement three times. The claim could not be independently verified. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Russian forces carried out a missile strike and 20 salvoes with rockets, and targeted settlements in the east, northeast and south.
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