Trump says he personally asked Putin not to attack Ukraine for a week
US President Donald Trump has said that he personally asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin to stop attacks on Ukraine for a week due to severe frosts.
Source: Trump at a meeting with government officials, as reported by Clash Report
Quote: "I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and various towns for a week and he agreed to that." [N.B. Ukrainska Pravda does not recognise Putin as president – ed.]
He added that "it's not just cold weather, it's extremely cold weather".
Trump did not specify whether he and Putin had a telephone call or whether their communication took place in another form.
He also did not specify when this happened and when the "week" was supposed to start.
As is known, a new wave of severe frosts will begin in Ukraine on Friday, with temperatures in the north reaching almost minus 30 degrees Celsius, while hundreds of homes in Kyiv have still not had their heating restored after Russia's latest attacks, and the situation in the energy sector remains difficult overall.
Background:
- On Thursday 29 January, Russian pro-war social media accounts began posting about an alleged order to stop shelling Ukrainian infrastructure, which was received on January 28.
- On Thursday, the European Commission announced €145 million in emergency aid to Ukraine amid intensified Russian strikes on energy infrastructure mid-winter.
- A new round of negotiations on a potential peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine is expected on 1 February.
- US State Secretary Marco Rubio said that US Special Representative Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will not be attending, but US participation is "likely".
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