{"id":2557204,"date":"2026-01-29T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-putin-agreed-to-pause-ukraine-bombings-for-a-week\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:11:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:11:41","slug":"trump-says-putin-agreed-to-pause-ukraine-bombings-for-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-putin-agreed-to-pause-ukraine-bombings-for-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Putin agreed to pause Ukraine bombings for a week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-putin-agreed-to-pause-ukraine-bombings-for-a-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2557204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>president Donald Trump told a cabinet meeting that he personally asked Vladimir Putin to suspend bombardments of Kyiv adn other Ukrainian towns for one week because of the region\u2019s \u201cextraordinary cold,\u201d and that Putin agreed. There has been no confirmation from the Kremlin,and it\u2019s unclear whether Russia will honor any pause. Russian strikes have repeatedly targeted Ukraine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-half-of-texas-wind-turbines-frozen-in-winter-storm-limiting-states-power-output\/\" title=\"Nearly Half Of Texas\u2019 Wind Turbines Frozen In Winter Storm Limiting State\u2019s ... Output\">energy grid<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-storms-with-75-mph-winds-down-trees-and-power-lines-5-people-killed\/\" title=\"Michigan storms cause 75 mph winds, claim 5 lives.\">causing power outages<\/a> as temperatures are forecast to drop below about 22\u00b0F, worsening civilian hardship. A Ukrainian advocacy group cautiously welcomed the reported reprieve but urged Trump to press for a lasting ceasefire and warned Ukrainians not to trust promises without verification. Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, have simultaneously occurring warned Russia might potentially be preparing another major strike. Negotiations to end the war are ongoing, with one <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >major unresolved issue<\/a> being control of parts of the Donbas (Donetsk and Luhansk), an area Russia continues to demand despite mixed battlefield control.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says Putin agreed to pause Ukraine bombings for a week at his urging<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2484600\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced on Thursday that he convinced Russian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> to pause the bombings of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\">Ukrainian<\/a> cities for a week, though it&rsquo;s unclear if the brutal leader will follow through with it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and various towns for a week, and he agreed to do that,&rdquo; Trump said at a Cabinet meeting, noting the &ldquo;extraordinary cold&rdquo; in the region. Ukraine has been facing a brutal winter, made worse as Russian strikes have caused continual power outages. Ukrainian residents will see <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/ukraine-to-face-30-degrees-celsius-freeze-as-russia-attacks-energy-grid-10910120\">temperatures drop<\/a> below 22 degrees Fahrenheit into February.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-defense\/4438574\/putin-fumes-as-ukraine-hits-military-targets-deep-in-russia\/\">Putin fumes as Ukraine hits military targets deep inside Russia, while refusing to give up land his forces can&rsquo;t capture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4437841\/pentagon-eliminates-2700-rules-regulation-purge\/\">Pentagon eliminates 2,700 rules in yearlong regulation purge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4438061\/tim-walz-says-would-beat-the-shit-out-vance-if-could-rejection-of-bipartisanship\/\">Walz says he &lsquo;would beat the s***&rsquo; out of Vance &lsquo;if I could&rsquo; in rejection of bipartisanship&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>There has been no confirmation from the Kremlin about any such pause in their attacks. Since the war began almost four years ago, Russian forces have often targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure during the winter months, forcing the population to face the winter conditions without consistent electricity, heat, and power.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve never experienced cold like that,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;And I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and the various towns for a week. And he agreed to do that, and I have to tell you, it was very nice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A Ukrainian advocacy group cautiously praised Trump&rsquo;s request of Putin but said he must &ldquo;apply more pressure&rdquo; to get the Russian leader to agree to a full, lasting ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump consistently says that he wants to end the killing and Moscow&rsquo;s heavy strikes on civilians bother him and the first lady,&rdquo; Melinda Haring, a senior adviser for the advocacy group Razom for Ukraine, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;He and Melania have been clear that Ukraine&rsquo;s children should be returned. Ukrainians are freezing to death, and a one-week reprieve is an answer to prayer. At the same time, Ukrainians know not to fall for Putin&rsquo;s promises so we should see if Russia actually holds to it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Less than 24 hours earlier, however, Ukrainian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> warned that Russia is &ldquo;preparing a new massive strike,&rdquo; according to their intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-seeks-to-rejoin-2015-iran-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Biden admin. seeks to rejoin 2015 Iran nuclear deal\">team continues<\/a> to try and work through a negotiated settlement to end the war but has yet to achieve a major breakthrough, even as officials say progress is being made.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Witkoff, one of Trump&rsquo;s primary negotiators, said during the Cabinet meeting, &ldquo;The talks will continue in about a week, but lots of good things happening between counterparts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One of the main remaining sticking points in negotiations is over control of the Donbas, the area of eastern Ukraine that comprises the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. Russian forces currently hold almost the entirety of Luhansk, while the Ukrainian military has managed to retain control over approximately 30% of the territory in Donetsk.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4433334\/us-security-agreement-ukraine-ready-to-be-signed-zelensky\/\">US SECURITY AGREEMENT FOR UKRAINE IS &lsquo;100% READY&rsquo; TO BE SIGNED: ZELENSKY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian leaders have demanded Ukraine give up the remaining parts of the Donbas, even though they have been unable to capture it militarily for months.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the one remaining item remains the one you&rsquo;re all familiar with &mdash; that is territorial claim on Donetsk in particular,&rdquo; Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\">Marco Rubio<\/a> told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. &ldquo;I know there is active work going to see if both sides&rsquo; views on that can&rsquo;t be reconciled. It&rsquo;s still a bridge we haven&rsquo;t crossed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: Putin agreed to week-long pause in bombings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2557205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26022336092249.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3733,4280,3634,6991],"class_list":["post-2557204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-putin","tag-russia","tag-trump","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26022336092249.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2557204"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2557213,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557204\/revisions\/2557213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2557205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}