"The call for a pause comes amid Russia's longstanding tactic of targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure, particularly during the cold winters, in the nearly four-year war. "I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week, and he agreed to that," Trump said during the meeting, attributing his request to the "extraordinary cold.""
"President Donald Trump has said Russia's Vladimir Putin "agreed" not to strike the capital for a week with a harsh cold snap forecast. Russia routinely targets Ukraine's electricity supply. Russian strikes have left many Kyiv neighborhoods without electricity or water. Overnight temperatures are forecast to drop to -20 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit) in Kyiv and parts of the city have no electricity."
Russia agreed to refrain from striking Kyiv for one week amid an extreme cold snap, while many Kyiv neighborhoods lack electricity and water and temperatures could drop to −20°C. Russia routinely targets Ukraine's energy infrastructure, especially in winter, in the nearly four-year war. The European Union will provide €153 million in emergency aid. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz denounced daily Russian attacks on Ukraine's civilian population as war crimes. Ukraine is working with SpaceX to prevent Russian drones from using Starlink. Russia and Ukraine exchanged bodies of war dead.
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