US President Donald Trump has mentioned that he personally requested Russian chief Vladimir Putin to cease assaults on Ukraine for per week as a result of freezing chilly climate.
Supply: Trump at a gathering with authorities officers, as reported by Conflict Report
Quote: "I personally requested President Putin to not fireplace into Kyiv and varied cities for per week, and he agreed to try this." [N.B. Ukrainska Pravda does not recognise Putin as president – ed.]
He added that this was due to "the chilly, excessive chilly".
Trump didn’t specify whether or not he and Putin had a phone name or whether or not their communication happened in another kind.
He additionally didn’t specify when this occurred and when the "week" was supposed to start out.
A brand new wave of freezing chilly climate is predicted to hit Ukraine on Friday, with temperatures within the north plunging to virtually -30 levels Celsius, whereas lots of of residence buildings in Kyiv nonetheless don’t have any heating since Russia's newest assaults and the state of affairs within the power sector stays tough general.
Background:
- On Thursday 29 January, Russian pro-war social media accounts started posting about an alleged order to cease attacking Ukrainian infrastructure, which was acquired on January 28.
- On Thursday, the European Fee introduced €145 million in emergency support to Ukraine amid intensified Russian strikes on power infrastructure mid-winter.
- A brand new spherical of negotiations on a possible peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine is predicted on 1 February.
- US State Secretary Marco Rubio has mentioned that US Particular Consultant Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is not going to be attending, however US participation is "probably".
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