Ukraine Continues Shelling Russians Despite Moscow’s Unilateral ‘Ceasefire’

Kyiv says it regards move as an enemy ploy to improve positions and prepare for more attacks

Ukrainian servicemen fire with a Bureviy multiple launch rocket system at a position in Donetsk region, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine on Nov. 29, 2022. Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters

A 36-hour unilateral ceasefire, announced a day earlier by Russian President Vladimir Putin, went into effect at noon (Moscow time) on Jan. 6 along the 680-mile frontline between Russian and Ukrainian forces.

“At noon today, the ceasefire regime came into force on the entire contact line,” Russian state media reported at midday on Jan. 6. “It will continue until the end of Jan. 7.”