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Russia is not going to attack Kyiv for seven days amid Ukraine’s freezing winter, Donald Trump has said.
The US President said at a White House cabinet meeting today that Vladimir Putin was ‘very nice’ about his cease-fire request.
In addition to the Ukrainian capital, Moscow won’t goal any Ukrainian towns and cities, in line with Trump.
When this supposed ceasefire will start, nonetheless, is unclear.
Trump added: ‘They’ve never experienced cold like that. And I personally asked President Putin not to fireside into Kyiv and the varied towns for every week.
‘And he agreed to try this, and I actually have to inform you, it was very nice.’
Trump said that while he was told to not trouble calling Putin, he thought Ukrainians ‘don’t need missiles flying into their cities and towns’.
Moscow has yet to verify this deal, though a source accustomed to the conversation told the Kyiv Independent: ‘It’s Trump. Attempt to say no to him.’
Russia has long fired missiles and drones at power plants across Ukraine in a bid to weaken Ukrainians’ will to proceed fighting.
This winter has been no different, with Ukraine seeing some of the severe energy crises since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
Temperatures in Kyiv are expected to plummet to as little as -30°C in the approaching days, in line with the Ukrainian national weather service.
Almost all the northern half of Ukraine is under days-long yellow weather alerts for slippery ice or hazardous snow.
Yet Russia launched a drone and missile attack on Kyiv yesterday, targeting electricity and heating infrastructure and killing two people.
The victims were the mother and father of a four-year-old, killed when their home was bombed, Ukrainian outlet Hromadske reported.
Their child was carried out of the charred constructing by a neighborhood news reporter on the scene, in line with Ukrainian TV channel 1+1.
Russia and Ukraine not trading drone and missile blow was said to be discussed during talks held between the 2 and the US last week.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned in an address yesterday that Russia is poised to launch more attacks on energy infrastructure.
He said some 200 homes were without heating following a Russian strike in Kryvyi Rih, while blackouts were widespread in Poltava, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Vinnytsia, and Chernivts.
Zelensky added: ‘Russians are still attempting to inflict as much pain as possible on Ukrainians, no matter any diplomacy.’
Nearly 1.2 million Russian troops and shut to 600,000 Ukrainian troops had been killed or wounded or are missing, a recent study found.
The study, by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the death toll could reach two million in just weeks.
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