Russia Agrees to Halt Ukraine Strikes for Talks
Russia agreed to a request from US President Donald Trump to refrain from strikes on Ukraine until February 1 to create favorable conditions for negotiations. This was announced by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
“It is about creating favorable conditions for negotiations… Yes, of course, there was a personal appeal from President Trump,” Peskov told journalists.
Earlier, the American leader stated that he personally appealed to Putin with a request not to strike Kyiv and a number of other cities in Ukraine. Trump asked that the Russian Armed Forces pause for one week.
“And due to the frosts, extreme frosts — and they have the same situation as we do, — I personally asked President Putin not to shell Kyiv and other cities and settlements for a week during this… It«s not just cold. It»s extraordinary cold. There are record frosts there too,” Trump noted.
Ukrainian authorities learned about his request to Russia to temporarily stop strikes on Ukraine from US President Donald Trump«s speech, Financial Times journalist Christopher Miller reported on X, citing officials. According to him, Kyiv has not received signals from Moscow and is not sure that a “ceasefire” will actually occur.
The next negotiations in Abu Dhabi are scheduled for February 1. The information was confirmed by Ukraine and Russia. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio does not rule out that they will be bilateral.
