Asked by reporters whether he was disappointed with Russia’s renewed attacks, Trump said, “it [the agreement] was on Sunday, and he [Putin] went from Sunday to Sunday.
“It’s a lot, you know, one week, we’ll take anything, because it’s really, really cold over there.”
The damage from the strikes was extensive, with more than 1,000 tower blocks in Kyiv without heating and a power plant in the eastern city of Kharkiv beyond repair.
Residents were forced to spend the night sheltering in metro stations, with some pitching tents on the platforms to protect them from the freezing cold.
The authorities have been setting up centres around Kyiv for the city’s inhabitants to go to warm up. They are also importing more generators in order to cope with longer blackout periods as engineers try to repair damage.
Ukraine has complained repeatedly of a shortage of missiles – urging allies to deliver more.
Nato’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte was in Kyiv hours after the attacks and said he was urging member countries to “dig deep in their stockpiles” and provide the missiles Ukraine needs.