Trump announces three-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia

Total kinetic suspension plus a 1,000-person bilateral prisoner swap between countries are part of truce

United States President Donald Trump on Friday announced on social media that there would be a three-day ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine from May 9 until May 11.

Trump also mentioned some details of the truce in his social media accounts by saying that the total suspension of kinetic activities and a 1,000-person bilateral prisoner swap would be part of the ceasefire.

“This request was made directly by me, and I very much appreciate its agreement by [Russian] President Vladimir Putin and [Ukrainian] President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"Hopefully, it is the beginning of the end of a very long, deadly, and hard-fought war. Talks are continuing on ending this major conflict, the biggest since World War II, and we are getting closer and closer every day,” he added.

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Russia had previously announced a two-day unilateral ceasefire to mark its May 9 World War II Victory Day on Saturday.

Ukraine previously stated that it too had offered a truce but that this had been ignored by Moscow.