US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump has said he has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv for one week as the region experiences freezing temperatures. “I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week during this … extraordinary cold,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. AdvertisementThe Republican president added that he was pleased that Putin has agreed to the pause. Kyiv is forecast to enter a brutally cold stretch starting on Friday that is expected to last into next week. You’re not going to get that’,” Trump said of his request to Putin.