Trump says Putin agreed to not fire on Kyiv for a week during cold


U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to a joint news conference following their meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President ‌Donald Trump said on Thursday that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin had agreed to refrain from firing on Kyiv and ‌other Ukrainian cities for a week because of cold winter weather.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he thanked ‌Washington for the initiative, which he described as halting Russian strikes on energy targets, which have left hundreds of apartments in Kyiv without power during freezing weather.

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