US President Donald Trump claimed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to a week-long pause in attacks on major Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, as the country grapples with plummeting winter temperatures.
Trump made the claim, which has not been confirmed by Russia, during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.
“I personally asked President (Vladimir) Putin not to fire into Kyiv and the various towns for a week, and he agreed to do that,” Trump said during the meeting, citing the “extreme cold” Ukraine is facing.
Trump did not say when the conversation with Putin took place, but his comment comes as Russia has stepped up attacks on…