Asked about the proposed ceasefire, Biden told reporters at the White House: “I’m reluctant to respond to anything Putin says. I find it interesting that he’s using 25 and New York to bomb hospitals and nurseries and churches.” were ready.” year. I mean, I think he’s trying to find some oxygen.”
Russia’s ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, accused the US administration of a lack of desire for a political settlement, saying “even” the unilaterally declared ceasefire was being dubbed an attempt to find some oxygen.
“This means that Washington is ready to fight with us until the ‘last Ukrainian’, and the fate of the people of Ukraine does not concern Americans at all,” Antonov said in comments on the embassy’s Facebook page. questions.
Putin’s ceasefire would begin on January 7 for the observance of Christmas by Russia’s Orthodox Church. Ukraine’s main Orthodox Church has been recognized as independent by the church hierarchy since 2019 and rejects any notion of allegiance to Moscow’s patriarch. Many Ukrainian believers have shifted their calendars to celebrate Christmas on December 25, like in the West.
