US President Donald Trump said during a Cabinet meeting in Washington on Thursday that he had asked Russia`s Vladimir Putin not to strike the Ukrainian capital for one week amid the extreme cold weather, writes DW.

The call for a pause comes amid Russia’s longstanding tactic of targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, particularly during the cold winters, in the nearly four-year war.

"I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week, and he agreed to that", Trump said during the meeting, attributing his request to the "extraordinary cold".

Russia has not commented on any ceasefire or pause in attacks, and Trump`s comments did not make clear which "cities and towns" might also be covered in any potential amnesty.

"A lot of people said, "Don`t waste the call. You`re not going to get that", - Trump said. "And he did it. And we`re very happy that they did it".