The impact of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire was in doubt Friday after officials in Kyiv dismissed the move as a 'trick' and 'hypocrisy.'
U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said Washington had"little faith in the intentions behind this announcement," adding that Kremlin officials"have given us no reason to take anything that they offer at face value."The Institute for the Study of War agreed that the truce could be a ruse allowing Russia to regroup.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia's Security Council, said those who rejected Putin's proposal for a Christmas truce were"clowns" and"pigs." "Everybody is preparing , because everybody remembers what happened on the new year when there were around 40 Shahed ," local resident Vasyl Kuzmenko said."But everything is possible."
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