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Russia’s Putin agrees to 30-day halt in attacks on Ukraine energy targets

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone for 90 minutes [File: Elijah Nouvelage and Alexander Nemenov]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to halt attacks on energy infrastructure targets in Ukraine for 30 days after a phone call with US President Donald Trump.

Putin ordered the Russian military to stop strikes against energy facilities, the Kremlin said in a statement following a lengthy phone call between the two leaders on Tuesday. But he stopped short of accepting a broader US-backed 30-day ceasefire proposal that Ukraine has said it is ready to implement.

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