U.S. President Donald Trump said Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to halt attacks on Kyiv and other cities for a week, as Moscow's strikes leave Ukraine facing its toughest winter since the start of the war. Russian strikes on Ukraine's power infrastructure have left millions with disrupted light, heating and…

The terms of a Russian commitment to U.S. President Donald Trump to temporarily halt its bombardment of Ukraine during one of the country's bleakest winters in years remained unclear Friday, as Ukrainians braced for even worse conditions to come next week. Trump said late Thursday that President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a temporary pause in targeting Kyiv and other places as the region experiences freezing temperatures that have brought widespread hardship to civilians. “I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week during this ... extraordinary cold,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

Donald Trump said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had agreed to halt attacks on Kyiv and other cities.

Amid escalating Ukraine-Russia tensions and ongoing peace talks, Zelenskyy countered Moscows invitation for him to visit by daring Putin to come to Kyiv, while offering reciprocity if Russia halts energy infrastructure attacks.

Russia launched a ballistic missile and more than 100 drones at Ukraine overnight, none of which hit Kyiv, after US President Donald Trump's statement that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to pause air strikes on the capital and other "various towns" until February 1.

US President Donald Trump said he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin "not to fire into Kyiv and various towns for a week" amid freezing cold weather, as Russian forces continued to pound Ukrainian regions, killing multiple people.

The US president said that Putin promised a week-long halt to attacks as Ukraine faces blackouts and plunging temperatures, though the Kremlin has yet to confirm