President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to not open fire on Kyiv, Ukraine, for one week due to the freezing weather rocking the region.

Russia has agreed to a request from US President Donald Trump to halt airstrikes on Kyiv until February 1 amid harsh winter temperatures, and Ukraine said it was ready to reciprocate as Washington pus...

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the pause would last until February 1, marking a rare acknowledgment of direct presidential intervention.

The U.S. announced sanctions in October on Lukoil and Rosneft in an effort to tighten financial pressure over Russia's war in Ukraine. Britain followed with its own restrictions, targeting both companies and dozens of so-called shadow fleet tankers accused of helping Russia evade existing limits on oil exports.