By Olena Harmash, Reuters
Photo: Daniel Yovkov / Hans Lucas via AFP
Russia has agreed to a request from United States President Donald Trump to halt airstrikes on Kyiv until 1 February amid harsh winter temperatures, and Ukraine said it was ready to reciprocate as Washington pushes for a diplomatic solution to end the war.
But as the Ukrainian capital braces for another bitterly cold spell from Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday (all times local) there was no formal truce between the two countries. He added that Russia had shifted to hitting Ukrainian logistics. Russia has bombed Ukraine's roads and railways in recent days.
The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had accepted Trump's request to stop bombarding Kyiv to create "favourable conditions" for peace talks.
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