BREAKING NEWS: Russian state media is reporting Moscow is initiating a ceasefire. - MSNBC

[mobeau69]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/05/russian-state-media-claims-temporary-ceasefire-at-mariupol-volnovakha.html

Apparently temporary. This is a developing story.

[orleans]

1. so i quick turn on msnbc & COMMERCIAL! cnn too. but what great news!!! NT

[applegrove]

2. Oh please oh please make it permanent.

[CloudWatcher]

3. Limited, temporary and possibly completely bogus

Time will tell.

[mobeau69]

6. Yep. Maybe he's feeling some heat from the oligarchs though.

[applegrove]

4. This from Twitter:

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=g8gGFBFvsMy2Kg5iV57NrQ

[mucifer]

5. they also reported President Zelenskyy has fled Ukraine. they are full of sh-t.

[PortTack]

7. This!

[BigmanPigman]

8. I've been watching MSNBC and they are not optimistic.

Basically it is a very short term thing in order to get the Russian troops supplies like food, etc., "Don't get your hopes up".

[Buckeyeblue]

9. How do Russians get real news

Are there disguised web sites that link to European news sources?

[RockRaven]

10. Sounds like bullshit. They can GTFO. Nobody is going to shoot at them if they are back in Russia.

If I break into my neighbor's house, destroy shit, assault the family in various ways, take a dump in the kitchen, and then sprawl out on the couch saying "Hey! Let's all just not fight each other anymore!" I would deserve a tremendous ass-kicking rather than a cessation of hostilities.

[MoonlitKnight]

11. This is a common tactic of theirs

Try to make obliterating a city not look as bad because the people who didn’t leave are all fighters.

Allow evacuation to start and use false flag to claim cease fire breached and use the chaos and now vulnerable civilians to wreak havoc.

Or just a plain lie

They have done all three.

[blogslug]

14. Just read this on my Twitter feed

Link to tweet

Benjamin Norman @BenJarlath

Anyone who remember #Russia’s behavior in Syria will know that Moscow weaponizes ceasefires, uses them to regroup, then breaks them with impunity. I hope this time it’s different for Mauriopol and Volnovakha.

Quote Tweet
BNO News @BNONews

BREAKING: Russia declares ceasefire from 10 a.m. Moscow time to allow civilians to leave Mariupol and Volnovakha - RIA
1:44 AM · Mar 5, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

[struggle4progress]

12. "We are running out of gas and ammo, so we are observing a ceasefire

while we refuel and reload"

[JoanofArgh]

13. When they did this in Syria for humanitarian

reasons to let people leave a bombed out city, Russians started shooting and mowed them down.

[Donkees]

15. Limited cease fires were negotiated in the last peace talks several days ago...

[Scrivener7]

16. Except Vlad is a lying sack. Looks like a head-fake. There is this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16443119