Putin Agrees to Trump Request for Week-Long Pause on City Strikes

Vladimir Putin agreed to a request from Donald Trump to pause missile and drone strikes on major Ukrainian cities until February 1 to support ongoing peace negotiations.Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky remain at odds over territorial control in the Donetsk region while trilateral talks involving the USA are set to continue in Abu Dhabi.Despite the temporary pause on city centers, Russian forces launched 111 drones on January 30, leaving 378 buildings in Kyiv without heating as temperatures drop toward minus 30 degrees Celsius.