US President Donald Trump commented on a temporary, one-week unilateral moratorium on Russian strikes against Ukraine’s energy system.

He publicly stated that Russia had fulfilled its earlier commitment and refrained from attacking Ukrainian energy facilities for one week. Speaking to reporters at the White House, the US president clarified that the period in question lasted from Sunday to Sunday.

Trump noted that the Russian side had kept its word, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Earlier, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitrii Peskov said that Donald Trump had personally asked Vladimir Putin to refrain from strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities until February 1, explaining that this was intended to create more favorable conditions for peace talks. Peskov did not disclose what response Putin gave to Trump’s request.

At present, the moratorium has expired. On the previous day, Russia’s defense ministry reported that the Russian Armed Forces carried out a new large-scale overnight strike on facilities of Ukraine’s defense-industrial complex as well as energy infrastructure used in the interests of the military-industrial sector. The ministry stated that the strike was Russia’s response to what it described as terrorist attacks by the AFU, which it said are carried out daily against civilian infrastructure in Russian regions.