JAKARTA - US President Donald Trump asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to attack the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, which is in the midst of winter, for a week.
"I personally asked President Putin not to fire at Kyiv and the cities for a week during ... this incredible cold weather," Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, US, Thursday local time, quoted by AP, Friday, January 30.
Trump then claimed Putin "agreed to that." However, AP reported that there was no immediate confirmation from the Kremlin that Putin had agreed to Trump's request for a war pause.
Russia has pummeled Ukraine's vital infrastructure, hoping to weaken resistance in the war amid Ukraine's winter.
Kyiv, which has been grappling with electricity shortages this winter, is expected to enter an extreme temperature period from today, Friday, January 30, until next week.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service warned that temperatures in some areas of its territory would drop to minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 Fahrenheit).
Ukrainian civilians affected by the war are still in residential homes asking for access to heating and clean water, but Russia has not responded.
Ukrainian officials described the strategy as "arming the winter."
Previously, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment when asked about Trump's request.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday night warned that Russia plans to launch another massive attack on Ukraine.
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