"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address on Friday that both Ukraine and Russia had begun a weeklong pause in attacks on each other's energy infrastructure amid plummeting winter temperatures. In all our regions, from Friday night, there were indeed no strikes on energy facilities. Almost none. Except for the Donetsk region, where there was one strike on gas infrastructure an aerial bomb hit, he said."
"Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed that Moscow had only agreed to pause the attacks until Sunday. President [Donald] Trump did indeed make a personal request to President [Vladimir] Putin to refrain from striking Kyiv for a week until February 1 in order to create favourable conditions for negotiations, Peskov said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that 253 apartment buildings remain without heating in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, with temperatures falling to as low as -23 degrees Celsius (-9.4 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight this week."
Ukraine and Russia began a weeklong pause in attacks on each other's energy infrastructure as temperatures plunged, with most regions reporting no strikes from Friday night. Donetsk saw one aerial bomb strike on gas infrastructure. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow agreed to pause only until Sunday and said President Donald Trump had personally requested a weeklong pause on strikes against Kyiv to create favourable negotiation conditions. Kyiv reported 253 apartment buildings without heating and overnight temperatures as low as -23°C. Russian strikes killed and wounded civilians in Kherson, including a minibus attack that killed a driver and wounded passengers. Ukraine reported an Iskander-M missile and 111 drones launched, about 80 shot down.
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