Ukrainian President Zelensky said in a nightly video address on the 30th that, according to the US side, Russian forces have paused attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure for a week. This “energy ceasefire” has been implemented starting that evening. However, the Ukrainian side has found that Russian forces are shifting the focus of their airstrikes to Ukrainian logistics facilities.
Zelensky stated that since nightfall on the 30th, except for an attack on a natural gas infrastructure site in the Donetsk region, there have been no reports of attacks on energy infrastructure in other Ukrainian oblasts. Ukraine is ready to take reciprocal measures, which means stopping attacks on Russian energy infrastructure starting that day.
Zelensky said that currently Russian forces are beginning to focus attacks on Ukraine’s logistics facilities and transportation hubs. That morning in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a Ukraine National Railways locomotive used to provide electricity was attacked.
Zelensky noted that Russian drone strikes and bombings are still continuing.
● Ukraine Freezing — Trump Says Russia Agrees to One-Week Ceasefire
US President Trump said in a Cabinet meeting at the White House on the 29th that Ukraine is suffering from “extreme cold,” and “I personally requested President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and other towns for one week, and he agreed.” Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov told Russian media on the 30th that Trump did indeed personally ask Putin to halt airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv for one week prior to February 1st, in order to create favorable conditions for subsequent negotiations, and that the Kremlin agreed.