Confusion reigned about whether Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine after President Donald Trump said he asked him to stop.

Panic swept parts of Russia on the morning of January 17. Reports emerged of a large-scale drone attack. The drones allegedly targeted multiple locations across the country. Russian authorities said their air defense systems intercepted a total of 99 drones.

US President Donald Trump claimed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to a week-long pause in attacks on major Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, as the country grapples with plummeting winter temperatures.

MOSCOW, Jan 14 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person, injured four others and sparked fires at an unidentified industrial facility in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, regional officials said on Wednesday.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s southern Volgograd region, officials said Saturday, after Russia launched a powerful hypersonic missile along with drones and other weapons that disrupted Kyiv’s ...

Russia on Thursday invited Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to come to Moscow for the peace talks as the war between the two countries is about.

KYIV, Jan 28 - Russia pounded Ukraine with drones and a missile overnight, killing a couple near the capital Kyiv a day after five people died in an attack on a passenger train. Read more at straitstimes.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv for one week amid "extraordinary cold". He added that the Kremlin chief agreed to his request.

It was not clear whether Ukraine would sign off on the agreement for a 30-day halt on strikes on energy, since Kyiv agreed last week to a more extensive U.S.-proposed ceasefire.