In Ukraine, Putin’s trompe-l’oeil trurs no longer deceive anyone-Liberation
Kyiv food stalls were crowded on Saturday April 19 around 5 p.m., the latecomers crowded to buy food for the copious Easter Sunday table, when the inhabitants learned that Vladimir Putin decreed a cease-fire based on « Humanitarian reasons ». At the same time, Shahed drones flew over the districts of the capital’s left bank. The truce taking effect an hour later, and supposed to last until midnight Sunday. « We assume that the Ukrainian part will follow our example, Added Vladimir Putin, immediately revealing certain cards of his game. At the same time, our troops must be ready to repel any violations of the ceasefire and provocations on the part of the enemy, as well as any aggressive action on its part. ”
An hour after the start of this pseudo-brood, a building targeted by Russian drones sets fire to Kherson. A civilian is killed, not far, in a bombardment. In Kyiv, at 10 p.m., the siren sounds. In the populous courtyard of the Squat 17B bar, glasses are lifted in tribute to this new avatar of the ceasefire, a Russian specialty in Ukraine since 2014. “Russian troops do not respect the truce self -proclaimed by Putin and shoot Ukrainian positions in many sectors of the front line, Already writes the military journalist Yuriy Botusov, well informed. Putin’s pompous declaration to politicians
