KYIV - Moscow on Wednesday said no “Christmas ceasefire” was on the cards after nearly 10 months of devastating war in Ukraine, even as the release of dozens more prisoners including an American showed that some contacts between the two sides remain.
“There is no calm on the front line,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a regular evening video address, describing Russia’s destruction of towns in the east with artillery: “So that only bare ruins and craters” remain. Despite the lack of peace talks, hundreds of detainees have been freed in swops in recent weeks. The releases - along with progress on talks to resume Russian exports of an ingredient in fertiliser and the extension of a grains deal - have shown the two sides maintain at least limited contact on several levels.
The head of Ukraine’s presidential administration Andriy Yermak identified the American as Suedi Murekezi, who he said had been “helping our people” before ending up in Russian custody.White House national security spokesman John Kirby did not name the freed American, citing privacy concerns.Mr Kirby said the scale of the ongoing violence tempered hopes for an imminent end to hostilities.
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