"Because of the cold, extreme cold... I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week during this," Trump told a cabinet meeting at the White House. And I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and the various towns for a week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in an evening address on Wednesday of fresh Russian attacks on energy facilities. Russian attacks killed six people in central and southern Ukraine on Thursday, regional authorities and emergency services said.