President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Russia and Ukraine will be engaging in a three-day-long ceasefire following years of conflict.
The president, who made the statement on Truth Social, said the ceasefire would take place May 9–11, which coincides with the Russian Victory Day holiday on May 9.
“This Ceasefire will include a suspension of all kinetic activity, and also a prison swap of 1,000 prisoners from each Country,” he wrote in the post. “This request was made directly by me, and I very much appreciate its agreement by [Russian] President Vladimir Putin and [Ukrainian] President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.”
Trump added that he hopes the pause in military activity “is the beginning of the end of a very long, deadly, and hard fought” conflict that started in February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine.
Adding that talks between Moscow and Kyiv are ongoing, the president said that “we are getting closer and closer every day” in coming to a peace agreement.