"Because of the cold, utmost cold - the same as we have - I personally asked president Putin not to shoot Kiev and cities and towns for a week - Trump said at the White home office gathering - "He agreed to do so. And I gotta tell you, it was very nice. Many said: “Don’t waste your phone. You won't get it." And he did it, and we're very happy that he did it," he added. He noted that the Ukrainians “almost did not believe it.”.