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Questions hang over Putin’s consent to a request by Trump to spare Ukraine’s power grid
['Associated Press']
The Press Democrat
“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.
‘Evidence to the contrary’Russia struck Ukrainian energy assets in several regions of Ukraine on Thursday but there were no strikes overnight, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday.
Ukraine is ready to halt its attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, including oil refineries, if Moscow also stops its bombardment of the Ukrainian power grid and other energy assets, he said.
Russia fired 111 drones and one ballistic missile at Ukraine overnight, injuring at least three people, the Ukrainian Air Force said.
Temperatures in some areas will drop to minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 Fahrenheit), the State Emergency Service said.