Trump announces 3-day ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war

United States President Donald Trump on Friday announced that there would be a three-day ceasefire ‌in the war between Russia ⁠and Ukraine from May 9 until May 11, 2026.

Trump said ‌in a Truth Social post that the ceasefire will include a suspension of all kinetic activity, and a prison swap of 1,000 prisoners from each country.

“Hopefully, it is the beginning of the end of a very long, deadly, and hard fought War,” he said, adding that there was constant ⁠progress in talks to end the ⁠conflict.

Trump had said after a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 29 that a temporary ceasefire was in the works. Putin announced a similar truce last year that lasted three days but was not agreed with Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine have both accused each ‌other of violating ceasefires that each has separately declared.

Russia announced a ceasefire for May 8 to 9 to coincide with commemorations of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in ‌World ⁠War Two and a military parade in Moscow’s Red Square.

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Ukraine announced its own proposal for an open-ended ceasefire that started at midnight on Tuesday (2100 GMT), urging Russia to reciprocate.

Officials said on Thursday that Ukraine’s top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, had arrived in ⁠Miami for a series of meetings with U.S. representatives as peace talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine have stalled in recent months.

The U.S.-brokered talks are deadlocked over ⁠Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.

Russia demands Ukraine pull troops back from parts of the region it has failed to capture in its four-year full-scale invasion. ⁠Ukraine said it will not cede land that it controls.