US President Donald Trump has said that he personally asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin to stop attacks on Ukraine for a week due to the freezing cold weather.

Russia has not confirmed it agreed to Trump's request, but Ukraine's president said he expected Vladimir Putin's promise to be kept.

US President Donald Trump says Russia President Vladimir Putin agreed to pause attacks in Ukraine amid bitter winter weather. Ukraine and Russia are facing extreme winter conditions, worsening civilian hardship.

US President Donald Trump was not surprised by the overnight Russian strike on Ukraine, White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt told reporters. Answering a question about the Republican's reaction, Leavitt said she had communicated with Trump on the morning of February 3 and the latter was "unfortunately not surprised."

They said they have never experienced cold like that. And I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv," said Trump.

A total of 111 long-range drones and one ballastic missile were fired into Ukraine on Friday by Russia.

President Donald Trump announced progress in Ukraine peace negotiations as special envoy Steve Witkoff reported productive trilateral talks moving toward a potential deal.

The bitterly cold weather in Ukraine, which has seen temperatures plunge to below –20 degrees Celsius, does not give either side an advantage on the battlefield, said Defense Forces Division staff officer Maj.

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russia's Vladimir Putin agreed to a personal request to halt attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, after Moscow's strikes left millions without heating during an "extreme" cold snap.

Russia and Ukraine might be negotiating elsewhere. But along the battlefront in Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine, where Russian forces have been advancing under cover of drones and glide bombs, peace talks seem far away.