Friday Jan 06, 2023MOSCOW: The Russian army said on Friday that it was abiding by a temporary unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine from 0900 GMT as decreed by President Vladimir Putin and accused Ukrainian troops of shelling.After the presidential order from Kremlin yesterday mentioning the ceasefire, Ukraine promptly rejected it by terming it 'hypocrisy', adding that "Russia wants to use truce as cover to stop our advances in Donbas and bring in more equipment."It should be noted that on Monday, Russia suffered massive causalities from the Ukrainian strikes up to 60 about which Ukraine claimed numbers as high as 400.The US weapons package, to be announced on Friday, is expected to include about 50 Bradley Fighting Vehicles as part of security assistance totalling about $2.8 billion, US officials said.Germany would also supply a Patriot air defence battery to Ukraine, which has scored some battlefield successes since Russian forces invaded last February but has asked allies for heavier weapons."