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President Donald Trump says he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures and Putin agreed, but Russia hasn't confirmed that. The call for a pause in attacks on Ukraine’s capital comes as Russia has been pounding the country’s critical infrastructure, leaving many around the country without heat in the dead of winter. Trump said Thursday during a Cabinet meeting he “personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week during this ... extraordinary cold.” A Kremlin spokesman declines to comment on a possible mutual halt on strikes on energy facilities.