Kremlin Says Trump Asked Putin to Halt Strikes on Kyiv to Feb. 1

The Kremlin confirmed that Donald Trump asked Vladimir Putin to halt Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, though it said the agreement is set to expire on Sunday.

“Indeed, President Trump made a personal request to President Putin to refrain from striking Kyiv for a week, until Feb. 1, in order to create favorable conditions for negotiations,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Friday. Putin “of course” agreed, Peskov said, declining to say what was covered by the moratorium and whether it extended to other areas of Ukraine.

He didn’t indicate when the request had been made. The US president ...