Experts comment on the wording of the document on the Christmas truce published on the official website of the Kremlin. In the official interpretation, the document bears the following title "Instructions of the President of the Russian Federation to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation". "Military Review" has already reported in one of the news materials about the document and the reaction of the Kyiv regime to it..
The direct text of these instructions:
Considering the appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, I instruct the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation to introduce 12.00 6 January 2023 years before 24.00 7 January 2023 the ceasefire regime along the entire line of contact between the parties in Ukraine., that a large number of citizens live in war zones, professing Orthodoxy, we call on the Ukrainian side to declare a ceasefire and allow them to attend services on Christmas Eve, and also on Christmas Day. Experts drew attention to the following detail in the presidential document: we are talking about the line of contact between the parties in Ukraine. In this regard, there is a discussion of, that the very fact of the declared truce de jure does not apply to the territories, which, on the basis of referendums in the autumn 2022 year became part of the Russian Federation. for example, Артёмовск, Soledar, Marinka, Avdeyev, territories in the area of Kremennaya and Svatovo – territory, where there are fierce battles - are an integral part of the Russian Federation. And in the presidential document there is not a word about, that actions to liberate or defend the same LNR and DNR, included in the Russian Federation, must be suspended for a period 6-7 January. There is not a word about this in the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
from the statement:
In accordance with the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation instructed the troops to deploy 36 hours from 12:00 6 January t. g. to 24:00 7 January of this year, the ceasefire regime along the entire line of contact between the parties in Ukraine. As can be seen, the wording “in Ukraine” is again present, and again the wording - "instructions".
Speaking of "instructions", military experts remind, that in military regulations and legislation, relating to military service, there is a clearly defined wording "order" (or an equivalent form - "order"). Some derivatives of it are not prescribed by lawmakers. Simply put, there is a concept of "execution or non-execution of an order". But how legally justified is the concept of "failure to comply with instructions" – question, going into the legal sphere with a preliminary description of that, that such a form in military affairs has not been singled out as an independent one. used photos:Russian President website
