US EditionTrump says Putin agreed to not fire on Kyiv for a week during cold
- On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to fire on Kyiv for one week, and Trump said Putin `agreed` but Russia offered no confirmation.
- Kyiv is forecast to enter a brutally cold stretch starting Friday as Russian strikes have pounded Ukraine's critical infrastructure, leaving many without heating, light and running water.
- Ukraine's defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov reported Russia launched over 6,000 drones over the past month, with previous attacks involving more than 800 drones and missiles targeting behind the roughly 600-mile front line.
- Negotiations are poised to resume on Sunday amid doubts about Moscow's commitment, and Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on a mutual halt; meanwhile, a Russian drone attack killed three in Zaporizhzhia and injured two in Dnipropetrovsk.
- The push for a settlement, led over the past year by the Trump administration, unsettles European leaders as an international think tank report warns casualties could reach 2 million by spring.
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Kremlin Confirms Trump Asked Putin to Pause Kyiv Strikes Until February 1
The Kremlin said on Friday that US President Donald Trump asked the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, to refrain from strikes on Kyiv until February 1 to create favorable conditions for talks, according to NTV on January 30. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Trump made a “personal request” aimed at creating “favorable conditions” for negotiations and declined to elaborate. “I have nothing to add on the details beyond what has already been…
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Irish NewsDeep freeze hits Ukraine as Trump says Putin agrees to halt power grid attacks
The US leader said Vladimir Putin had agreed to halt attacks on power in the Ukrainian capital and other regions as bitter winter weather takes hold.
Donald Trump had said on January 29 that he had asked Vladimir Putin "personally" to stop the strikes on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities "for a week." According to the Kremlin, the deadline would actually run until February 1.
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