MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a personal request from US President Donald Trump to halt strikes on Kyiv until February 1 to create “favorable conditions” for peace talks.
Trump said on Thursday that Putin had agreed to refrain from firing on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities for a week because of cold weather, but did not say when that period would expire.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, replying to reporters’ questions on Friday, did not cite the weather as a factor.
“President Trump did indeed make a personal request to President Putin to refrain from striking Kyiv for a week until February 1 in order to create favorable conditions for negotiations,” he said.
Asked to confirm that Putin had agreed, he said: “Yes of course, there was a personal request from President Trump.”
