Russia launched a missile and over a hundred drones against Ukraine tonight, the Ukrainian Air Force reported, quoted by Agence France-Presse - a day after US President Donald Trump announced that Moscow had agreed to halt strikes "for a week", BTA reported.
“During the period from 6 p.m. on January 29 and on the night of January 30, the enemy launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile, as well as 111 drones“, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
15 locations in Ukraine were attacked, with Ukrainian air defenses shooting down 80 drone.
Yesterday, Trump said he had “personally“ asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt strikes on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities “for a week“ and assured that the Russian president “has agreed to do so“ while Ukraine is experiencing a very cold snap.
The White House did not provide further details on the framework of this surprise ceasefire, agreed before Russian and Ukrainian representatives met for direct talks in the UAE on Sunday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last night that he was counting on US help to halt Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy system for a week.
Donald Trump said he made the request because of the “exceptional“ cold in Ukraine, at a time when the country is facing serious power and heating outages due to Russian strikes on its neighboring country's energy infrastructure over the past weeks.
According to the Hydrometeorological Service of Ukraine, "very cold weather is forecast" in the eastern European country from Sunday to Tuesday, with "night temperatures expected to drop from -20 to -27 degrees, and in places to -30 degrees."