29 January 2026US President Donald Trump has said that he personally asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin to stop attacks on Ukraine for a week due to the freezing cold weather. Source: Trump at a meeting with government officials, as reported by Clash ReportQuote: “I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and various towns for a week, and he agreed to do that.” [N.B. Trump did not specify whether he and Putin had a telephone call or whether their communication took place in some other form. On Thursday, the European Commission announced €145 million in emergency aid to Ukraine amid intensified Russian strikes on energy infrastructure mid-winter. A new round of negotiations on a potential peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine is expected on 1 February.