Ukraine

Trump: Putin agreed not to strike Kiev for a week. Zelensky thanks

Peskov: 'Putin-Zelensky meeting? Only speculation. We offered Moscow as a venue for talks but the Ukrainian president did not respond'. Lavrov: 'The future of Nato does not interest us, it is just an anachronism'

29 January 2026

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Vladimir Putin would agree not to bomb Kiev for a week because of the harsh winter temperatures. This was reported by Donald Trump. "I personally asked Putin not to strike Kiev and several other cities for a week," the president said during the Cabinet meeting at the White House, and the Russian leader "agreed to do so". "We've ended eight wars and I think another one is coming," the US president later commented, again referring to peace in Ukraine, speaking at the ongoing Cabinet meeting at the White House. "Steve Witkoff and Jared (Kushner) are working hard and I think it's coming," the president said.

Zelensky: thank Trump for important statement

Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Donald Trump for 'an important statement by the US president on the possibility of ensuring the safety of Kiev and other Ukrainian cities during this harsh winter period'. "Energy supply is crucial for life. We appreciate the efforts of our partners to help us protect lives. Thank you, President Trump!" the Ukrainian leader wrote on X. "Our teams discussed this in the UAE. We expect the agreements to be implemented. The de-escalation measures contribute to real progress towards ending the war," he concluded.

European Union allocates 145 million for Kiev

The European Union has announced its intention to spend €145 million on aid for Ukraine to 'provide protection assistance, shelter, food, direct financial support, psychosocial support and access to water and sanitation' against a background of worsening humanitarian situation in the country afterthe recent Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.

The European Commission stated: 'After more than a decade of hostilities and nearly four years of full-scale war, the Ukrainian people continue to endure immense suffering. Daily civilian casualties, widespread destruction of infrastructure and mass displacements are further exacerbating the enormous humanitarian needs. With Russia's continued attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, millions of people in the country are exposed to freezing temperatures'.

Crisis management commissioner Hadja Lahbib said the EU was determined to ensure that "people have shelter, warmth and hope when they need it most. Our solidarity with Ukraine is not a slogan,' Lahbib added, 'but reliable and lasting humanitarian action, driven solely by real needs on the ground'.

Meanwhile, with the Abu Dhabi talks underway, from the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stresses that any discussion of a possible meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky is "inappropriate" and "speculative". According to Peskov's reconstruction, Russia offered Moscow as the venue for a possible face-to-face meeting between the two leaders but Zelensky "never responded".

The trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US in Abu Dhabi 'are not a continuation of the Istanbul contacts' but a 'separate process', Peskov says.

Lavrov: 'The future of NATO does not interest us, it is just an anachronism'

Russia is not interested in whether or not NATO will survive the current tensions between the US and Europe, because it considers the Atlantic Alliance only 'an anachronism'. "These issues concern them, the scenario of a collapsing Nato is of no interest to us," Lavrov said in response to a question on the issue during an interview with Turkish media, picked up by Tass. "The Alliance is an anachronism, a legacy of a bygone era," the Russian diplomacy chief added, stressing that its reason for existing "has vanished" already with the dissolution on the other side of the Warsaw Pact after the end of the communist bloc in Europe.

Moscow: 'Delivered to Kiev the bodies of 1,000 fallen soldiers'

A new exchange of bodies of fallen soldiers took place today between Russia and Ukraine. Vladimir Medinsky, Moscow's chief negotiator at last year's talks with the Ukrainians in Istanbul, said Russia handed over the bodies of 1,000 soldiers to Kiev and received 38 in return. This was reported by the Ria Novosti news agency.