Putin enlisted the support of the Orthodox Church
2023.01.07 09:19
Putin enlisted the support of the Orthodox Church
Budrigannews.com – In an Orthodox Christmas message intended to unite people behind his vision of a modern Russia, President Vladimir Putin praised the Russian Orthodox Church for supporting Moscow’s forces fighting in Ukraine.
Despite Ukraine’s rejection of the truce offer, Russia’s defense ministry stated that its forces in Ukraine would keep the ceasefire they unilaterally declared in honor of Orthodox Christmas until midnight.
Both sides exchanged artillery fire on Friday at the front line in Ukraine, and Kyiv dismissed Moscow’s ceasefire as a ploy to give its forces time to rest and rearm.
Saturday, the governor of Sevastopol, a city in the Crimea that has been taken over by Russia, said that air defenses had shot down a drone in what he said was the latest attempt by Ukraine to attack a port where Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is based.
The British government announced that in March, justice ministers from around the world will meet in London to boost international support for the International Criminal Court’s investigations into alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
According to a statement made on Friday by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States will provide more than $3.75 billion in military assistance to Ukraine and the nations impacted by the Russian invasion of its neighbor.
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s statement on Friday, exactly what Ukraine needs is a commitment from the United States to provide Kyiv with Bradley Fighting Vehicles for the first time.
Germany said on Friday that before the end of March, it wants to send around 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said Berlin could eventually send its entire fully operational fleet of the weapons.
A U.N. agency said on Friday that Ukraine will need at least $1.79 billion to get its telecommunications back to how it was before the war. It said Russia had “destroyed completely or seized” networks in some parts of the country.* According to sources in the industry, higher war risk insurance rates have resulted in an increase in hiring costs for ships to transport goods from the Black Sea by more than a fifth since the beginning of the year.
Friday, as temperatures dropped and energy consumption increased, Ukraine’s power grid operator issued a new plea to civilians to conserve electricity, posing a threat of additional strain on the network that had been damaged by Russian air strikes.
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