President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin to pause the bombings of Ukrainian cities for a week, though it’s unclear if the brutal leader will follow through with it. “I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and various towns for a week, and he agreed to do that,” Trump said at a Cabinet meeting, noting the “extraordinary cold” in the region. Ukraine has been facing a brutal winter, made worse as Russian strikes have caused continual power outages. “And I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and the various towns for a week. “I know there is active work going to see if both sides’ views on that can’t be reconciled.