Trump claims Putin agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine energy sites amid extreme cold

<p>US president says he made appeal to Russian leader, but no ceasefire has been confirmed by Moscow or Kyiv</p><p>Donald Trump has claimed that Vladimir Putin has agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure for one week after he issued a personal appeal to the Russian leader due to the extreme cold in Ukraine.</p><p>Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, did not immediately confirm the ceasefire was in place, but said that Trump had made an “important statement … about the possibility of providing security for Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during this extreme winter period”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/29/trump-claims-putin-agreed-to-halt-ukraine-energy-strikes-amid-extreme-cold">Continue reading...</a>