AdvertisementKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin had agreed to not strike Kyiv specifically, according to the Moscow Times. AdvertisementThe White House, on Friday, would not respond to questions about Putin’s continuing attacks on Ukraine, notwithstanding Trump’s claimed promise. Spokeswoman Anna Kelly offered only the following: “As President Trump said, he asked President Putin to withhold strikes on Kyiv for one week amid extremely cold temperatures, and the Russian president agreed to do so. President Trump has done more than anyone to save lives and bring this brutal war to an end.”Trump, after taking office, stopped sending U.S. military aid to Ukraine, as predecessor Joe Biden had been doing. Instead, Trump is demanding that America’s European allies purchase weapons from the U.S. and, if they so choose, give them to Ukraine.

Source: Huffington Post January 31, 2026 09:56 UTC