“The pause was from Sunday (January 25 – ed.) to Sunday (February 1 – ed.). It ended, and putin hit Ukraine hard last night. (Putin – ed.) kept his word. One week is a lot… because it’s very, very cold there”, - Donald Trump said while answering journalists’ questions at the White House.
He reiterated that he wants the war in Ukraine to end.
As reported, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is confident that during the halt in attacks on energy infrastructure russia simply built up its forces for a brutal strike, choosing the coldest days to do so. The “energy truce”, which was not officially announced, actually lasted from January 29 to February 2. Allegedly, Trump had asked putin for it, citing the severe frosts in Ukraine.